Burma : insurgency and the politics of ethnicity
Martin Smith charts the rise of modern political parties and unravels the complexities of the long-running insurgencies waged by opposition groups.
History
xviii, 492 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780862328689, 9780862328696, 0862328683, 0862328691
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pt. 1. The Roots of Conflict. 1. The Burmese Way to Stagnation and the Crisis of 1988. 2. The Peoples of Burma: A Historic and Ethnic Background. 3. 'Order Without Meaning': British Rule and the Rise of the National Liberation Movement. 4. War and Independence: 1942-48. 5. Insurgency as a Way of Life
pt. 2. Insurrections in the Parliamentary Era. 6. 'The Final Seizure of Power': A Country Goes Underground. 7. Failure, Retrenchment and United Fronts: The Communist Movement: 1948-52. 8. The Battle for Kawthoolei: The Spread of Ethnic Rebellion. 9. 'Revisionism' and the 1955 Line: The Prospect of Peace. 10. The Collapse of Parliamentary Democracy: Ne Win Seizes Power
pt. 3. Insurrections in the Ne Win Era. 11. Military Rule and the Peace Parley. 12. Cultural Revolution. 13. The North-East Command and the Four Cuts. 14. The Failure of U Nu's Parliamentary Democracy Party, Karen Unity and Emergence of the National Democratic Front. 15. The War in the North, Opium and the 1980/1 Peace Parley. 16. The Nationalities Question
pt. 4. The 1980s
A Decade of Upheaval. 17. The Democracy Uprising and the CPB. 18. The 1989 CPB Mutinies: The End of the Road? 19. The War Goes On: The NDF and the KNU. 20. A New Cycle of Conflict? The 1990 General Election and the DAB
Appendix: Millenarianism