The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Burma (CPB)A well-documented and extremely engaging account of the Burmese Communist Party that details the development of the Party and the events and forces that led to the 1989 Mutiny and subsequent fall of the CPB. This study explores the ethnic tensions that influenced the attitudes of the rank-and-file members, the support and influence of the Chinese Communist Party, the Party's involvement in the drug trade, and the complex, antagonistic relationship between the CPB and the military regime of Burma. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Northeastern Base Area 19681988 | 25 |
Mutiny | 39 |
Biographies | 55 |
Organization of the CPB prior to the 1989 mutiny | 71 |
Ethnic insurgent groups | 105 |
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AFPFL All-Burma April Arakan armed struggle Aung San Ba Thein Tin Battalion became Beijing Brigade Burma National Burmese Army BWPP Calcutta Central Bureau chairman Chao Ngi China Communist Party CPB cadres CPB leaders Dohbama Asiayone former CPB Goshal guerrilla zone headquarters Hills Hseng Noung Lintner insurgents Irrawaddy Delta Japanese Joined the CPB Kachin Karen Kengtung Khin Maung Gyi Khun Khun Sa Kokang Kunlong Kyaw Zaw leadership March Maung Gyi Möng Paw mutiny Myint Namkham northeastern base area northeastern Shan November opium organization Pa-O Palaung Panghsai Panghsang peasants Pegu Yoma People's Pheung Photo Politbureau political commissar Pyinmana rebel army region Salween river Shwe Shweli river Sichuan Sichuan lao ping square kilometers strongholds Tavoy Tenasserim Thai border Thakin Ba Thein Thakin Chit Thakin Soe Thakin Than Tun Thakin Thein Thirty Comrades Tin Yee trade troops underground Union uprising Yawng yebaw