Burma : insurgency and the politics of ethnicity

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Burma : insurgency and the politics of ethnicity

Martin Smith

(Politics in contemporary Asia)

Zed , University Press , White Lotus, c1999

Rev. and updated ed

  • : pbk.
  • : South-East Asia : pbk.

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"First edition, 1991 -- Second impression(with minor revisions), 1993 -- Second(updated) edition, 1999"--T.p. verso

Includes index

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Description

Burma remains a land in deep crisis. The popular uprising of 1988 swept away 26 years of military rule under General Ne Win in name only. The National League for Democracy of Aung San Suu Kyi won a landslide victory in the 1990 election. But, as this book relates, the military remained in control and the future of Burma looks more problematic than ever. With unparalleled command of largely inaccessible Burmese sources and interviews with many of the leading participants, Martin Smith charts the rise of modern political parties and unravels the complexities of the long-running insurgencies waged by opposition groups, including the Communist Party of Burma, the Karen National Union and a host of other ethnic nationalist movements. It is essential reading for those interested in the conditions giving rise to guerrilla warfare, the character of national liberation movements, and the impact of ethnicity on political conflict.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Roots of Conflict 1. The Burmese Way to Stagnation and the Crisis of 1988 2. The Peoples of Burma: A Historic and Ethnic Background 3. Order Without Meaning: British Rule and the Rise of the National Liberation Movement 4. War and Independence: 1942-48 5. Insurgency as a Way of Life Part II Insurrections in the Parliamentary Era 6. The Final Seizure of Power: A Country Goes Underground 7. Failure, Retrenchment and the United Fronts: The Communist Movement 1948-52 8. The Battle for Kawthoolei: The Spread of Ethnic Rebellion 9. Revisionism and the 1955 Line: The Prospect of Peace 10. The Collapse of Parliamentary Democracy: Ne Win Seizes Power Part III Insurrections in the Ne Win era 11. Military Rule and Peace Parley 12. Cultural Revolution 13. The North-East Command and the Four Cuts 14. The Failure of U Nu's Parliamentary Democracy Party, Keren Unity and Emergence of the National Democratic Front 15. The War in the North, Opium and the 1980/1 Peace Parley 16. The Nationalities Question Part IV: The 1980s: A Decade of Upheaval 17. The Democracy Upbringing and the CPB 18. The 1989 CPB Mutinies: The End of the road? 19. The War Goes On: The NDF and the KNU 20. A New Cycle of Conflict?: The 1990 General Election and the DAB Part V Burma at the Century's End 21. The 1990s: Deadlock or the Dawning of New Realities?

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  • NCID
    BA53806413
  • ISBN
    • 1856496597
    • 1856496600
    • 9748434818
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London,Dhaka,Bangkok
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxi, 521 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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