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The Hidden History of Burma : A Crisis of Race and Capitalism, Paperback / softback Book

The Hidden History of Burma : A Crisis of Race and Capitalism Paperback / softback

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A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2020A New York Times Critic's Pick 2019'A sobering account, told elegantly and eruditely.' Financial Times'Thant Myint-U is the greatest living historian of Burma.' William DalrymplePrecariously positioned between China and India, Burma's population has suffered dictatorship, natural disaster and the dark legacies of colonial rule.

But when decades of military dictatorship finally ended and internationally beloved Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from long years of house arrest, hopes soared.

World leaders including Barack Obama ushered in waves of international support.

Progress seemed inevitable. As historian, former diplomat, and presidential advisor, Thant Myint-U saw the cracks forming.

In this insider's diagnosis of a country at a breaking point, he dissects how a singularly predatory economic system, fast-rising inequality, disintegrating state institutions, the impact of new social media, the rise of China next door, climate change and deep-seated feelings around race, religion and national identity all came together to challenge the incipient democracy.

Interracial violence soared and a horrific exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fixed international attention.

Thant Myint-U explains how and why this happened, and details an unsettling prognosis for the future. Burma is today a fragile stage for nearly all the world's problems.

Are democracy and an economy that genuinely serves all its people possible in Burma?

In clear and urgent prose, Thant Myint-U explores this question - a concern not just for the Burmese but for the rest of the world - warning of the possible collapse of this nation of 55 million while suggesting a fresh agenda for change. 'A compelling account of modern Burma's bloody history' Amitav Ghosh

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