| Description |
xiv, 558 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue: Murder in the Secretariat -- 1. "The Rangoon Government" -- 2. The Burmese Jigsaw -- 3. "Peace Within One Year" -- 4. The Secret War -- 5. Retreat to the Jungle -- 6. The Military Takes Over -- 7. The Communist Juggernaut -- 8. Guns, Drugs, and Ethnic Resistance -- 9. Burma in Upheaval -- 10. The Strife Continues -- Epilogue: Is There Any Solution to the Problem? -- Appendix 1: Burma's Civil Strife - A Chronology -- Appendix 2: Men and Women of Burma's Insurgency -- Appendix 3: Rebel Armies and Other Anti-Government Groups in Burma -- Appendix 4: Burma's "Thirty Comrades" |
| Summary |
"Lintner's account is interspersed with numerous anecdotes gleaned from personal research and interviews. Individuals are given features and personality in the complicated "jigsaw" of Burma's modern history. Beginning with the shock of Aung San's murder in 1947, Lintner retraces events from the 1920s that led to this disastrous event and continues his narrative up to the present, navigating the reader through webs of intrigue involving power, politics and drugs. Key players are the Rangoon government, the ethnic resistance, the Communists, the Kuomintang, and the US government."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
First pub. 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 530-543) and index |
| Subject |
Minorities -- Burma.
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Opium trade -- Burma.
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| SUBJECT |
Myanmar http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80021691 -- Ethnic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005646
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Myanmar -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018118 -- Autonomy and independence movements.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011468
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Myanmar -- Politics and government -- 1948- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018126
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| LC no. |
2001398787 |
| ISBN |
9747100789 |
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