Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
(Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East)
By Donald M. Seekins
Publisher The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
ISBN:
0810854767 | edition 2006 | PDF | 568 pages | 1,8 mb
Burma (Myanmar) is a country in crisis, and a political resolution to
its problems of national unity seems unlikely to occur in the near
future. The purpose of the Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar) is
to explain in depth the country's political crisis, while also providing
detailed historical background. While paying much attention to the
personalities and events of the 1962-1988 Burma Socialist Programme
Party (BSPP) period, the dictionary focuses on the events, institutions,
and personalities of 1988, when a nationwide movement for democracy
resulted in the collapse of the BSPP regime, and the post-1988 period,
when Burma was ruled by a military junta, the State Law and Order
Restoration Council, which, after 1997, changed its name to the State
Peace and Development Council.
Through the use of maps, a list of acronyms, a
chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of
cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, and
events as well as political, economic, and social background, the
history of this country is unfolded. Everything from major figures such
as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whose non-violent struggle for democracy won
her the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, to the issue of economic sanctions
versus "constructive engagement" is discussed in this important resource
on Mainland Southeast Asia's largest country.
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