Download or read book Making Enemies written by Mary Patricia Callahan and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Burmese army took political power in Burma in 1962 and has ruled the country ever since. The persistence of this government--even in the face of long-term nonviolent opposition led by activist Aung San Suu Kyi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991--has puzzled scholars. In a book relevant to current debates about democratization, Mary P. Callahan seeks to explain the extraordinary durability of the Burmese military regime. In her view, the origins of army rule are to be found in the relationship between war and state formation.Burma's colonial past had seen a large imbalance between the military and civil sectors. That imbalance was accentuated soon after formal independence by one of the earliest and most persistent covert Cold War conflicts, involving CIA-funded Kuomintang incursions across the Burmese border into the People's Republic of China. Because this raised concerns in Rangoon about the possibility of a showdown with Communist China, the Burmese Army received even more autonomy and funding to protect the integrity of the new nation-state.The military transformed itself during the late 1940s and the 1950s from a group of anticolonial guerrilla bands into the professional force that seized power in 1962. The army edged out all other state and social institutions in the competition for national power. Making Enemies draws upon Callahan's interviews with former military officers and her archival work in Burmese libraries and halls of power. Callahan's unparalleled access allows her to correct existing explanations of Burmese authoritarianism and to supply new information about the coups of 1958 and 1962.
Download or read book Burma written by Jon Latimer and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through festering jungle and across burning plains to high mountains and lazy rivers, the Burma campaign of the Second World War involved the longest retreat in British history, and the longest advance; long-range penetration miles behind enemy lines, vicious hand-to-hand fighting, and the horrors of forced labour. Yet this strange war remains utterly fascinating with singular characters like Slim, Mountbatten, Stilwell and Wingate, while dominated by ordinary soldiers that it 'gathered to itself like a whirlpool, men from the ends of the earth': from Britain, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, West, East and South Africa, but overwhelmingly, from India. Dogras, Sikhs, Punjabis, Kumaonis, Madrassis and Nepalese, representing every race and caste on the subcontinent, were all far from home, all fighting for survival against a ruthless enemy prepared to die for his emperor, while the Burmese fought for their independence. Jon Latimer draws these disparate strands together in a gripping narrative, to describe the operations and the politics that shaped them, while illustrating the experiences of thousands of ordinary people whose lives were caught up and transformed by this south-east Asian maelstrom, many of whom feel that like Fourteenth Army they were forgotten. This book ensures that none of them are.
Download or read book History of the Third Burmese War 1885 1891 written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Narrative of the Burmese War in 1824 26 written by Horace Hayman Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Narrative of the Burmese War written by Snodgrass (Major, John James) and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Narrative of the Burmese War written by Snodgrass and published by Lancer Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running title: Narrative of the Burmese war.
Download or read book The Burma Wars 1824 1886 written by George Bruce and published by London : Hart-Davis MacGibbon. This book was released on 1973 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Burma War`s of 1824-1886 showed almost total ignorance the British & the Burma had for each other`s fighting methods book is a remarkable study of a military campaign fraught with blunders & incompetence but which was also a test of perseverance & courage on both sides. Number of Illustrations. Condition good.
Download or read book Documents Illustrative of the Burmese War written by Horace Hayman Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chronicle of Our Wars with the Burmese written by Prince Damrongrāchānuphāp (son of Mongkut, King of Siam) and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The End of the First Anglo Burmese War written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the texts of Treaty of Yandabo and a commercial treaty, both signed in 1826 between Burma and Great Britain.
Download or read book How Wars are Got Up in India written by Richard Cobden and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Political Incidents of the First Burmese War written by Thomas Campbell Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Another Man s War written by Barnaby Phillips and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1941 the Japanese invaded Burma. For the British, the longest land campaign of the Second World War had begun. 100,000 African soldiers were taken from Britain’s colonies to fight the Japanese in the Burmese jungles. They performed heroically in one of the most brutal theatres of war, yet their contribution has been largely ignored. Isaac Fadoyebo was one of those ‘Burma Boys’. At the age of sixteen he ran away from his Nigerian village to join the British Army. Sent to Burma, he was attacked and left for dead in the jungle by the Japanese. Sheltered by courageous local rice farmers, Isaac spent nine months in hiding before his eventual rescue. He returned to Nigeria a hero, but his story was soon forgotten. Barnaby Phillips travelled to Nigeria and Burma in search of Isaac, the family who saved his life, and the legacy of an Empire. Another Man’s War is Isaac’s story.
Download or read book Mon Nationalism and Civil War in Burma written by Mr Ashley South and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major contribution to the literature of Burmese history and politics, this book traces the rich and tragic history of the Mon people of Burma and Thailand, from the pre-colonial era to the present day. This vivid account of ethnic politics and civil war situates the story of Mon nationalism within the 'big picture' of developments in Burma, Thailand and the region. Primarily an empirical study, it also addresses issues of identity and anticipates Burmese politics in the new millennium. A particular feature of the book is its first-hand descriptions of insurgency and displacement, drawn from the author's experiences as an aid worker in the war zone.
Download or read book Memoir of the Early Operations of the Burmese War written by Henry Lister Maw and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of the Burmese War in 1824 5 6 written by Frederick Brickdale Doveton and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Third Burmese War Diary of Events Period 1 Suppl From the outbreak of the war to 31st March 1886 written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
