Burma: the curse of independence
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1. Verfasser: Tucker, Shelby (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Pluto Press 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-261) and index
The burmese void -- Geography and ethnicity -- British vs. Japanese line-up -- We Burmans -- Aung San triumphant -- A hero's death -- The narcocrats -- The kleptocrats -- Whither Burma?
"The Burmese Civil War began 12 weeks after Britain granted Burma independence in 1948 and has continued ever since. This book defines its core causes for readers who are new to the subject or baffled by its complexities. Tucker draws on his experience as a trial lawyer to argue that Ne Win, and not the Burma politician hanged for the crime, murdered Aung San, and that the junta is the leading player in the country's flourishing drugs trade. Media emphasis on the junta's record of human rights abuse, he suggests, tends to obscure a strategic interest in ending the trade shared by all major powers. He surveys various scholars' assessments of the prospect of the peaceful devolution of power to civilian rule and concludes by proposing measures for assisting change in Burma."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 282 p.)
ISBN:0745315461
1849640599
9780745315461
9781849640596

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