Burma/Myanmar : what everyone needs to know /
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...
| Основен автор: | Steinberg, David I., 1928- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York, N.Y. :
Oxford University Press,
℗♭2010.
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Burma/Myanmar. |
Съдържание:
- The crises that are Burma/Myanmar
- Important residues form the Precolonial period
- The Colonial Era's importance in understanding Burma/Myanmar today
- Independence and the civilian government (1948-1962) : mixed heritages
- The military coup, the Socialist Period (1962-1988), and the perpetuation of military rule
- The SLORC/SPDC Era (1988-present) : continuation of military power
- The nature of Burmese politics
- Issues in Myanmar's future.