In Thailand's southern borderlands where various rebel groups have led a deadly nine year insurgency, the majority of the violence has remained anonymous, committed without any one group coming forward to claim responsibility, make demands, or put a face to the conflict.

A revolution not only overthrows a repressive regime it also destroys the old order, paving the way for a mostly brutal, if not bloody, fight for power to establish a new one a process that affects foreign and domestic policy alike.