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Cocketts 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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Other titles by this author:
Twilight of Truth: Chamberlain, Appeasement and the Manipulation of the Press (1989)
My Dear Max: The Letters of Brendan Bracken to Lord Beaverbrook (ed.) (1990)
David Astor and the Observer (1991)
Thinking the Unthinkable: The Economic Counter-Revolution, 19311983 (1994)
Sudan: Darfur and the Failure of an African State (2010), also published by Yale University Press
Copyright 2015 Richard Cockett
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cockett, Richard.
Blood, dreams and gold: the changing face of Burma/Richard Cockett.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-300-20451-3 (cloth : alkaline paper)
1. BurmaHistory1948 2. BurmaHistory18241948. 3. BurmaPolitics and government. 4. BurmaColonial influence. 5. Civil warBurmaHistory. 6. AuthoritarianismBurmaHistory. 7. Social changeBurmaHistory. 8. InterviewsBurma. I. Title.
DS530.4.C63 2015
959.1dc23
2015017634
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
Plates
Shwedagon pagoda being regilded. Authors own.
Standard Chartered bank, Yangon. Authors own.
Crumbling colonial architecture, Yangon. Authors own.
Aung San, 13 January 1947. Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
Aung San Suu Kyi, 1 September 1988. Photo by Sandro Tucci/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images.
Thein Sein, 10 April 2015. Soe Than WIN/AFP/Getty Images.
Naypyidaw. Photo by Thierry Falise/LightRocket via Getty Images.
Than Shwe, 27 March 2010. Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images.
Ne Win, 1 January 1966. Photo by Francis Miller/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.
Nats. Authors own.
Saffron Revolution, 13 December 2007. AFP/AFP/Getty Images.
Chin woman, 2014. Authors own.
Kachin dancing, 1 February 1962. Photo by W. Robert Moore/National Geographic/Getty Images.
Teak lion. Authors own.
Plastic Burma. Authors own.
Tin Oo, 2014. Authors own.
Win Tin, 1 January 2010. Photo by Gerhard Joren/LightRocket via Getty Images.
Sittwe burning, 12 June 2012. STR/AFP/Getty Images.
Maps
Burma.
Rangoon: The colonial centre.
Burma and its neighbours.
Burmas ethnic make-up.
1 The Shwedagon pagoda, Yangon: the most famous symbol of Burmese Buddhism during one of its periodic regildings.
2 The former headquarters of Standard Chartered bank on Pansodan Street, Yangon. One of the most modern buildings in Asia when it opened in 1941.
3 Colonial-era Yangon today.
4 General Aung San, Burmas first liberation hero. The famous outzise greatcoat was a gift from Indias first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
5 Burmas second liberation hero; Aung San Suu Kyi, the generals daughter.
6 Hoping for something better? President Thein Sein, the leader of the reformers.
7 Naypyidaw, the new capital of Burma; General Than Shwes abode of kings.
8 Than Shwe, Burmas most ruthless, and perhaps most surprising, military ruler.
9 General Ne Win, freedom fighter turned dictator. Ruler of Burma from 1962 to 1988.
10 Two nats, the malevolent spirits of rebels and outlaws.
11 The sangha, the monks of Burma, protesting against the government during the Saffron Revolution, 2007.
12 The Chin; amongst the poorest people in Asia.
13 The Kachin dance in front of the manau posts at a manau festival, honouring their ancestors.
14 Where Burmas famous teak goes; a gargantuan lion for sale in Ruili, over the border in China.
15 Fantasyland a plastic pastiche of Burma in the theme park at Ruili, China.
16 Tin Oo, general turned freedom fighter, stalwart of the National League for Democracy.
17 Win Tin, the conscience of Burmas political opposition.
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