LEADER 02731nam 2200517Ia 450 001 9910454663003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84964-059-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000802664 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23054321 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000413346 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11271847 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413346 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10381109 035 $a(PQKB)10112333 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386617 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386617 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10578971 035 $a(OCoLC)651657384 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000802664 100 $a20010426d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBurma$b[electronic resource] $ethe curse of independence /$fShelby Tucker 210 $aLondon ;$aSterling, VA $cPluto Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-7453-1541-0 311 0 $a0-7453-1546-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-261) and index. 330 $b'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. 607 $aBurma$xHistory 607 $aBurma$xHistory$y1948- 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a959.105 700 $aTucker$b Shelby$0880123 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454663003321 996 $aBurma$91965213 997 $aUNINA