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100	1		_aCockett Richard _91504
245	1	0	_aBlood, dreams and gold : _bthe changing face of Burma / _cRichard Cockett.
300			_axviii, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps ;
520	2		_a"Burma is one of the largest countries in Southeast Asia and was once one of its richest. Under successive military regimes, however, the country eventually ended up as one of the poorest countries in Asia, a byword for repression and ethnic violence. Richard Cockett spent years in the region as a correspondent for The Economist and witnessed firsthand the vicious sectarian politics of the Burmese government, and later, also, its surprising attempts at political and social reform. Cockett's 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"--
650		0	_aCivil war _zBurma _xHistory. _91505
650		0	_aAuthoritarianism _zBurma _xHistory. _91506
650		0	_aSocial change _zBurma _xHistory. _91507
650		0	_aInterviews _zBurma. _91508
650		7	_aHISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia. _2bisacsh _91509
650		7	_aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. _2bisacsh _9278
650		7	_aHISTORY / Modern / 21st Century. _2bisacsh _91510
651		0	_aBurma _xHistory _y1948- _91511
651		0	_aBurma _xHistory _y1824-1948. _91512
651		0	_aBurma _xPolitics and government. _9450
651		0	_aBurma _xColonial influence. _91513
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