A deeply reported account of life inside Burma in the months
following the disastrous Cyclone Nargis and an analysis of the
brutal totalitarian regime that clings to power in the devastated
nation.
On May 2, 2008, an enormous tropical cyclone made landfall in
Burma, wreaking untold havoc and leaving an official toll of
138,300 dead and missing. In the days that followed, the sheer
scale of the disaster became apparent as information began to seep
out from the hard-hit delta area. But the Burmese regime, in an
unfathomable decision of near-genocidal proportions, provided
little relief to its suffering population and blocked international
aid from entering the country. Hundreds of thousands of Burmese
citizens lacked food, drinking water, and basic shelter, but the
xenophobic generals who rule the country refused emergency help.
Emma Larkin, who has been traveling to and secretly reporting on
Burma for years, managed to arrange for a tourist visa in those
frenzied days and arrived hoping to help. It was impossible for
anyone to gauge just how much devastation the cyclone had left in
its wake; by all accounts, including the regime's, it was a
catastrophe of epic proportions. In "Everything Is Broken," Emma
Larkin chronicles the chaotic days and months that followed the
storm, revealing the secretive politics of Burma's military
dictatorship and the bizarre combination of vicious military force,
religion, and mysticism that defined its unthinkable response to
this horrific event.
The Burmese regime hid the full extent of the storm's devastation
from the rest of the world, but the terrible consequences for Burma
and its citizens continue to play out months after the headlines
have faded from newspapers around the world. In "Everything Is
Broken," Larkin-whose deep knowledge of the Burmese people has
afforded her unprecedented access and a rare understanding of life
under Burmese oppression-provides a singular portrait of the regime
responsible for compounding the tragedy and examines the
historical, religious, and superstitious setting that created
Burma's tenacious and brutal dictatorship. Writing under an assumed
name, Larkin delivers the heretofore untold story of a disaster
that stunned the world, unveiling as she does so the motivations of
the impenetrable generals who govern this troubled nation.
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