Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency since 1948

By Bertil Lintner

Book Overview

In 1948 Burma was a promising young democracy with a bustling free-market economy and a standard of living that surpassed nearly all of its Asian neighbors. Fifty years later, Burma is one of the poorest nations in the world, with a military dictatorship in Rangoon and 50,000 armed rebels from a myriad of ethnic insurgency groups. In this well-documented and detailed account, journalist Bertil Lintner explains the connection between Burma's booming drug production and its insurgency and counter-insurgency, providing an answer to the question of why Burma has been unable to shake off 35 years of military rule and build a modern, democratic society. This revised and updated edition includes a list of a cronyms, a chronology of events, a who's who of important figures in Burma's insurgency, an annotated list of rebel armies, and biographical sketches of the Thirty Comrades.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9747100789
• ISBN13: 9789747100785
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Silkworm Books
• Length: 604 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher