Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar) (Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East)

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"Burma (Myanmar) is a country in crisis, and a political resolution to its problems of national unity seems unlikely in the near future. Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar) explains the country's political crisis in depth and provides a detailed historical background. Although it examines the personalities and events of the 1962-1988 Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) period, the dictionary mainly focuses on the events, institutions, and personalities of 1988, when a nationwide movement for democracy resulted in the collapse of the BSPP regime, and the post-1988 period, when Burma was ruled by a military junta." "Through the inclusion of maps, a list of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, and events, as well as political, economic, and social background, the history of this country unfolds. Everything from major figures, such as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whose nonviolent struggle for democracy won her the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, to economic sanctions versus "constructive engagement" is included in this important resource on Southeast Asia's largest country."--Jacket.