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In the past two decades, Burma/Myanmar has become a front-page topic in newspapers across the world. This former British colony has one of the most secretive, corrupt, and repressive regimes on the planet, yet it houses a Nobel Peace Prize winner who is and in and out of house arrest. It has an anci...

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1. Verfasser: Steinberg, David I., 1928-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
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Zusammenfassung:In the past two decades, Burma/Myanmar has become a front-page topic in newspapers across the world. This former British colony has one of the most secretive, corrupt, and repressive regimes on the planet, yet it houses a Nobel Peace Prize winner who is and in and out of house arrest. It has an ancient civilization that is mostly unknown to Westerners, yet it was an important--and legendary--theater in World War II. A picturesque land with mountain jungles and monsoon plains, it is one of the world's largest producers of heroin. It has a restive Buddhist monk population that has captured the a.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxxi, 216 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) :)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-194) and index.
ISBN:9780199739516
019973951X

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