The Lady - Aung San Suu Kyi: Nobel Laureate and Burma's Prisoner (Paperback, First)

Based on exclusive interviews with military leaders, exporters of opium and heroin, foreign business investors, apologists for the regime, and former prisoners and victims of torture, as well as with many of the current players, The Lady is the first full account of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's role in the struggle against the military junta that has controlled Burma since 1988. Barbara Victor exposes one of the most violent and corrupt governments in the world today, exploring the ongoing brutal conflict perpetrated by the Union Solidarity and Development Association—previously known as the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)—who refuse to recognize the majority support for the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi.

Until 1988, Aung San Suu Kyi lived a quiet life in England as the wife of an Oxford don and the mother of two teenage sons. It was only when she returned to Burma to care for her dying mother that she found herself drawn into the movement to end the human rights violations and political unrest that had become the status quo. Carrying the heroic banner of her father, General Aung San, who in the 1940s negotiated Burma's independence from the British and was assassinated on the eve of the Burmese return to self-government, Aung San Suu Kyi has been a pivotal figure in bringing to international attention a regime that maintains power through torture, terror, and summary executions.

Fourteen years after her return to the country of her birth and after a total of more than eight years under house arrest, unable to be with her dying husband in England and separated from her two growing sons, the woman known even to her enemies as "the Lady" continues to struggle for democracy.

This edition includes a new afterword by the author that covers events from the time of the original publication in 1998 to Aung San Suu Kyi's most recent release from house arrest in May 2002.

General

Imprint:	Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2002
First published:	November 2002
Authors:	Barbara Victor
Dimensions:	213 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
Edition:	First
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-21177-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	0-571-21177-1
Barcode:	9780571211777

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