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By Donald M. Seekins

Burma (Myanmar) is a rustic in problem, and a political solution to its difficulties of nationwide team spirit turns out not going to take place within the close to destiny. the aim of the historic Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar) is to provide an explanation for intensive the country's political challenge, whereas additionally offering distinct old history. whereas paying a lot consciousness to the personalities and occasions of the 1962-1988 Burma Socialist Programme social gathering (BSPP) interval, the dictionary makes a speciality of the occasions, associations, and personalities of 1988, while a national flow for democracy led to the cave in of the BSPP regime, and the post-1988 interval, whilst Burma was once governed by means of an army junta, the country legislations and Order recovery Council, which, after 1997, replaced its identify to the kingdom Peace and improvement Council. by utilizing maps, an inventory of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and thousands of cross-referenced dictionary entries on vital people, areas, and occasions in addition to political, financial, and social history, the background of this kingdom is spread out. every thing from significant figures resembling Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whose non-violent fight for democracy received her the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, to the problem of monetary sanctions as opposed to 'constructive engagement' is mentioned during this vital resource.

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