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- catalog abstract ""The Burmese Civil War began 12 weeks after Britain granted Burma independence in 1948 and has continued ever since. This book defines its core causes for readers who are new to the subject or baffled by its complexities. Tucker draws on his experience as a trial lawyer to argue that Ne Win, and not the Burma politician hanged for the crime, murdered Aung San, and that the junta is the leading player in the country's flourishing drugs trade. Media emphasis on the junta's record of human rights abuse, he suggests, tends to obscure a strategic interest in ending the trade shared by all major powers. He surveys various scholars' assessments of the prospect of the peaceful devolution of power to civilian rule and concludes by proposing measures for assisting change in Burma."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12303748.
- catalog coverage "Burma History 1824-1948.".
- catalog coverage "Burma History 1948-".
- catalog coverage "Burma Politics and government 1824-1948.".
- catalog coverage "Burma Politics and government 1948-".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""The Burmese Civil War began 12 weeks after Britain granted Burma independence in 1948 and has continued ever since. This book defines its core causes for readers who are new to the subject or baffled by its complexities. Tucker draws on his experience as a trial lawyer to argue that Ne Win, and not the Burma politician hanged for the crime, murdered Aung San, and that the junta is the leading player in the country's flourishing drugs trade. Media emphasis on the junta's record of human rights abuse, he suggests, tends to obscure a strategic interest in ending the trade shared by all major powers. He surveys various scholars' assessments of the prospect of the peaceful devolution of power to civilian rule and concludes by proposing measures for assisting change in Burma."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-261) and index.".
- catalog description "The burmese void -- Geography and ethnicity -- British vs. Japanese line-up -- We Burmans -- Aung San triumphant -- A hero's death -- The narcocrats -- The kleptocrats -- Whither Burma?".
- catalog extent "xv, 282 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Burma.".
- catalog identifier "0745315410 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0745315461".
- catalog isFormatOf "Burma.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press,".
- catalog relation "Burma.".
- catalog spatial "Burma History 1824-1948.".
- catalog spatial "Burma History 1948-".
- catalog spatial "Burma Politics and government 1824-1948.".
- catalog spatial "Burma Politics and government 1948-".
- catalog subject "959.105 21".
- catalog subject "DS530.4 .T8 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "The burmese void -- Geography and ethnicity -- British vs. Japanese line-up -- We Burmans -- Aung San triumphant -- A hero's death -- The narcocrats -- The kleptocrats -- Whither Burma?".
- catalog title "Burma : the curse of independence / Shelby Tucker.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".