Singapore. Singapore University Press. 2009. xiv + 322pp, bibliography, index, paperback. For many years Myanmar operated an inward-looking economic system built on import substitution. Ultimately this policy collapsed, leaving a legacy of inefficient state economic enterprises and widespread poverty. Political unrest in 1988 led a newly installed military government to..... More
NUS Press. x + 257pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. Prisms on the Golden Pagoda is a collection of papers on national reconciliation process written by activists and scholars who have been deeply involved with this issue for many years. The workshop was purely an academic meeting, but the interest..... More
Thailand. Silkworm Books. 2010. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 256 pages, index, bibliography, notes, paperback. Than Shwe is one of the world’s most notorious dictators, presiding over a military regime that persists in repressing and brutalizing its own people. Until now, his story has not been told. Than..... More
