Burma: the curse of independence

by Tucker, Shelby

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Title Statements

Full title :Burma : the curse of independence / Shelby Tucker.

Summary

"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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2001.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pluto Press
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2001.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 282 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0745315461, 9780745315461, 0745315410, 9780745315416
oclc:ocm46835783
LC Classification:DS530.4
Dewey Decimal:959.105

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?

Subjects

Birmanie -- 1948- . Birmanie -- Histoire -- 1948- Birmanie -- Politique et gouvernement -… Burgeroorlogen Burma Burma -- History -- 1948- Burma -- Politics and government -- 182… History Nationalisme -- Birmanie Opium -- Industrie et commerce -- Birma… Politics and government Since 1824