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Soldiers and Diplomacy in Burma: Understanding the Foreign Relations of the Burmese Praetorian State
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Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; JPS; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 808.
Soldiers and Diplomacy in Burma explores Burma’s relations with the outside world since independence in 1948, and addresses the key question of the ongoing role of the military in Burma's foreign policy in a post-junta context. The co-authors, a political scientist and a former top Asia editor for the BBC, provide a fresh perspective on Burma's foreign and security policies, arguing that key elements of continuity underlie Burma's striking postcolonial policy changes and contrasting diplomatic practices, which have moved between pro-active diplomacies of neutralism and non-alignment, and autarkical policies of isolation and xenophobic nationalism.
The formidable dominance of the ... Read more
Soldiers and Diplomacy in Burma explores Burma’s relations with the outside world since independence in 1948, and addresses the key question of the ongoing role of the military in Burma's foreign policy in a post-junta context. The co-authors, a political scientist and a former top Asia editor for the BBC, provide a fresh perspective on Burma's foreign and security policies, arguing that key elements of continuity underlie Burma's striking postcolonial policy changes and contrasting diplomatic practices, which have moved between pro-active diplomacies of neutralism and non-alignment, and autarkical policies of isolation and xenophobic nationalism.
The formidable dominance of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NUS Press
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971696733
SKU
V9789971696733
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99-3
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Renaud Egreteau is a Research Assistant Professor with the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences at The Universtiy of Hong Kong. Larry Jagan is a journalist and political analyst based in Bangkok.
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