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A History of Modern Burma Michael W. Charney
ISBN: 978-0-521-61758-1 Год издания: 2009 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Язык: Английский Burma has lived under military rule for nearly half a century. The results of its 1990 elections were never recognized by the ruling junta and Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s pro-democracy movement, was denied her victory. She has been under house-arrest ever since. Now increasingly an economic satellite and political dependent of the People’s Republic of China, Burma is at a crossroads. Will it become another North Korea, will it succumb to China’s political embrace or will the people prevail? Michael Charney’s book – the first general history of modern Burma in over five decades – traces the highs and lows of Burma’s history from its…