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Blood, Dreams and Gold - The Changing Face of Burma (Paperback)
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Blood, Dreams and Gold - The Changing Face of Burma (Paperback)
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Loot Price R467
Discovery Miles 4 670
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The best single-volume analysis of Burma, its checkered history,
and its attempts to reform Burma is one of the largest countries in
Southeast Asia and was once one of its richest. Under successive
military regimes, however, the country eventually ended up as one
of the poorest countries in Asia, a byword for repression and
ethnic violence. Richard Cockett spent years in the region as a
correspondent for The Economist and witnessed firsthand the vicious
sectarian politics of the Burmese government, and later, also, its
surprising attempts at political and social reform. Cockett's
enlightening history, from the colonial era on, explains how Burma
descended into decades of civil war and authoritarian government.
Taking advantage of the opening up of the country since 2011,
Cockett has interviewed hundreds of former political prisoners,
guerilla fighters, ministers, monks, and others to give a vivid
account of life under one of the most brutal regimes in the world.
In many cases, this is the first time that they have been able to
tell their stories to the outside world. Cockett also explains why
the regime has started to reform, and why these reforms will not go
as far as many people had hoped. This is the most rounded survey to
date of this volatile Asian nation.
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