02731nam 2200517Ia 450 991045466300332120200520144314.01-84964-059-9(CKB)1000000000802664(StDuBDS)AH23054321(SSID)ssj0000413346(PQKBManifestationID)11271847(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413346(PQKBWorkID)10381109(PQKB)10112333(MiAaPQ)EBC3386617(Au-PeEL)EBL3386617(CaPaEBR)ebr10578971(OCoLC)651657384(EXLCZ)99100000000080266420010426d2001 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrBurma[electronic resource] the curse of independence /Shelby TuckerLondon ;Sterling, VA Pluto Press20011 online resource (304 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-1541-0 0-7453-1546-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-261) and index.'Tucker is endlessly fascinating and well-informed on this little known region of Asia where the end of A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh elides surreally into Paul Theroux's Mosquito Coast.' Times Literary Supplement' Written with fluency and verve, the book has to be regarded as a standard work and is indispensable for understanding the travails of modern Burma.' John McEnery, author of Epilogue in Burma Burma offers the first up-to-date overview and understanding of Burma's tragic armed conflict in the twentieth century. Examining the 'causes' of the war, Shelby Tucker traces the political development of the country from the occupations by the British and Japanese and eventual independence in 1942, through the army coup of 1962 led by Ne Win, which established an authoritarian state, to the pro-democracy movement of the late 1980's. Tucker examines Burma's drug trade; scrutinizes Burma's civil rights record; examines the role of the Nationalist leader Aung Seng, who attempted to unite the various sections of the population; the impact of Seng's assassination and subsequent power struggles; and considers the future for a government faced with armed opposition from separatist movements among the ethnic minorities of Burma's regions.BurmaHistoryBurmaHistory1948-Electronic books.959.105Tucker Shelby880123MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454663003321Burma1965213UNINA01201nam a2200289 i 450099100115465970753620020507112012.0970308s1971 it ||| | eng b10181349-39ule_instLE00643056ExLDip.to Fisicaita52.9.35551.514QC879Course on physics of the upper atmosphere463322Physics of the upper atmosphere :proceedings of the 1st Course of the International School of Atmospheric Physics (Erice, June 15-29, 1970) /edited by Franco Verniani ; Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific CultureBologna :Editrice Compositori,1971xv, 461 p. ;25 cm.Atmosphere, upperCongressesVerniani, FrancoEttore Majorana International Centre for Scientific Culture.b1018134921-09-0627-06-02991001154659707536LE006 52.9.3 VER12006000025317le006-E0.00-l- 00000.i1022239x27-06-02Physics of the upper atmosphere190755UNISALENTOle00601-01-97ma -engit 01