" History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions ." (Voltaire)

COMMENT It would appear that Dr Mahathir Mohamad's memoirs have been published with two main objectives in mind:

• To try to clean up the blemishes on his record, for example, the unleashing of Operation Lalang in 1987 and his assault on the judiciary in 1988; and

• To try to stop at all costs the attempt by his nemesis, Anwar Ibrahim, to become the next prime minister.