Freedom from fear and other writings / Aung San Suu Kyi ; foreword to the first edition by Václav Havel ; foreword to the second edition by Archbishop Desmond Tutu ; edited with an introduction by Michael Aris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aung San Suu Kyi.

Contributor:

Aris, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aung San Suu Kyi.

Burma--Politics and government.

Burma.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 374 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

Edition:

New edition, revised edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Penguin Books, 1995.

Summary:

Aung San Suu Kyi, human-rights activist and leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, was detained in 1989 by SLORC, the ruling military junta. Today, she is newly liberated from six years' house arrest in Rangoon, where she was held as a prisoner of conscience, despite an overwhelming victory by her party in May 1990. This collection of writings, now revised with substantial new material, including the text of the Nobel Peace Prize speech delivered by her son, reflects Aung San Suu Kyi's greatest hopes and fears for her people and her concern about the need for international cooperation, and gives poignant and humorous reminiscences as well as independent assessments of her role in politics. Containing speeches, letters and interviews, some of which are newly added, these writings give a voice to Burma's 'woman of destiny', who was awarded both the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0140253173

OCLC:

249033400