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The Burma Spring: Aung San Suu Kyi and the New Struggle for the Soul of a Nation
Rena Pederson
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Description for The Burma Spring: Aung San Suu Kyi and the New Struggle for the Soul of a Nation
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 page photo insert. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 229 x 43. Weight in Grams: 724.
Award-winning journalist and former State Department speechwriter Rena Pederson brings to light fresh details about the charismatic Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi: the inspiration for Burma’s (now Myanmar) first steps towards democracy. Suu Kyi's party will be a major contender in the 2015 elections, a revolutionary breakthrough after years of military dictatorship. Using exclusive interviews with Suu Kyi since her release from fifteen years of house arrest, as well as recently disclosed diplomatic cables, Pederson uncovers new facets to Suu Kyi’s extraordinary story.
The Burma Spring will also surprise readers by revealing the extraordinary steps taken by ... Read more
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781605986678
SKU
V9781605986678
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Ref
99-14
About Rena Pederson
Rena Pederson teaches writing at Southern Methodist University. She has written on Burma for the Huffington Post, The Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor. Pederson was the Editorial Page Editor at the Dallas Morning News, has served on the Pulitzer Prize Board, and is the author of The Lost Apostle and What’s Next?, which was featured on the Oprah Winfrey ... Read more
Reviews for The Burma Spring: Aung San Suu Kyi and the New Struggle for the Soul of a Nation
“The riveting story of Suu Kyi’s brutal imprisonment, deplorable maltreatment,astonishing inner strength, and ultimate survival is told with a historian’s appreciation for context and circumstance by journalist and former State Department speechwriter Pederson in a complex and sweeping history of Burma’s centuries-old struggle to maintain a closed society, yet manifest its power on a global scale.”
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