Burma: Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity

by Martin Smith and Martin Abbott Smith

Book Overview

Burma remains a land in deep crisis. The popular uprising of 1988 swept away 26 years of military rule under General Ne Win in name only. The National League for Democracy of Aung San Suu Kyi won a landslide victory in the 1990 election. But, as this book relates, the military remained in control and the future of Burma looks more problematic than ever. With unparalleled command of largely inaccessible Burmese sources and interviews with many of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0862328683
• ISBN13: 9780862328689
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.4"