A Daughter's Memoir of Burma

by Wendy Law-Yone

Book Overview

Wendy Law-Yone was just fifteen when Burma's military staged a coup and overthrew the civilian government in 1962. The daughter of Ed Law-Yone, the daredevil founder and chief editor of The Nation, Burma's leading postwar English-language newspaper, she experienced firsthand the perils and promises of a newly independent Burma.

On the eve of Wendy's studies abroad, Ed Law-Yone was arrested and The Nation shut down. Wendy herself...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231169361
• ISBN13: 9780231169363
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 8.7"