Burma : a nation at the crossroads
by
Rogers, Benedict author.
Title
:
Burma : a nation at the crossroads
Author
:
Rogers, Benedict author.
ISBN
:
9781846043468
Personal Author
:
Rogers, Benedict author.
Physical Description
:
xxxii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Contents
:
From rice bowl to basket case -- Cry freedom -- A campaign of brutality in the east -- A silent cry in the north -- A cross to bear in the west -- A stateless people -- Defectors, deserters and child soldiers -- The torture chambers -- Bloody spots and discarded flip-flops: the saffron revolution -- Cyclone Nargis -- Out of uniform but still in power -- The future?
Abstract
:
Wide-ranging, expertly researched, and full of new accounts of the courage and determination of the Burmese people, this book explains Burma's conflicted history, as well as its contemporary struggle for justice.
Geographic Term
:
Burma -- History -- 1948-
Burma -- Politics and government -- 1948-
Burma -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025799632 | 959.1053 B463B 2012 | 1 |