General Ne Win : a political biography / Robert Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Robert H., 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ne Vaṅʻʺ, Ūʺ, 1911-2002.

Ne Vaṅʻʺ.

Prime ministers--Burma--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Burma--Politics and government--1962-1988.

Burma.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 621 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Robert Taylor, one of the most prominent scholars in Myanmar studies, has written an illuminating study of Ne Win, the most enigmatic and controversial of the first generation of post-independence Southeast Asian leaders, and how he steered a then largely unknown country, Burma (now Myanmar), through the Cold War years. This book, by perhaps the only foreign political analyst to live in Burma under Ne Win, is a significant contribution to the historiography of Myanmar and its unnoticed role in the Cold War in Asia.' - Associate Professor Ang Cheng Guan, Head of Graduate Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 'This book fills a major gap in the literature of Myanmar by providing the first scholarly account of the life of General Ne Win, its enigmatic ruler for over 25 years. It will be of interest not only to professional Myanmar watchers, who have log awaited a detailed and comprehensive study of this important historical figure, but to anyone who wants to learn more about this troubled Southeast Asian country, where Ne Win's legacy is still being felt today.' - Andrew Selth, Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith Asia Institute.'The Colonel Ne Win of World War II and General Ne Win of post-independent Myanmar was not the same as Chairman Ne Win of the BSPP. Nor was the context of those days similar to the context by which he is normally judged today. The present work (and Taylor's scholarship in general) is acutely aware of such anachronistic projections backward, made to commensurate with certain desired academic and political consequences. Taylor examines Ne Win's life and career in the context of when it occurred. This book returns Ne Win to the period to which he belonged.' - Michael Aung-Thwin, Professor of South East Asian History University of Hawaii.'It is difficult to imagine that this study of Ne Win, the dominant figure in the politics of Burma through most of the second half of the twentieth century, will ever be surpassed. Immensely detailed, insightful, and impressively understanding, this is an outstanding work of scholarship.' - Ian Brown, Emeritus Professor of the Economic History of South East Asia School of Oriental and African Studies (London).

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgements / Taylor, Robert H.

1. Introduction

2. The Formative Years

3. The BIA and the Resistance

4. Showing the British Out

5. Independence and Civil War

6. Relaxing and Rebuilding

7. Rehearsing and Reviewing

8. Coup d'Etat and Revolution

9. Cold War General

10. Preparation for Transition

11. Transition and Small Change

12. Purifying the Sangha, Unifying the Nation, and Maintaining Genuine Neutrality

13. Failure and Farewell

Epilogue

appendix

bibliography

index

About the Author

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jan 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814620147

9814620149

OCLC:

1041992582