The River of Lost Footsteps by Thant Myint-U
Burma is ruled by a harsh dictatorship unmoved by Western activists and sanctions. Drawing on his own family's stories and his years of hands-on political experience working with the UN, the author has written an illuminating account of how Burma's rich past informs its violent present, and of how the world might transform the country's future.
"'It is hard to imagine a more thought-provoking or eloquently written elucidation of Burma's afflictions and their causes - nor one more heartfelt' Sunday Times"
Thant Myint-U was educated at Harvard and Cambridge and was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1995 to 1999. He has also served on United Nations peacekeeping operations, in Cambodia and the former Yugoslavia, and was more recently the head of policy planning in the UN's Department of Political Affairs where Kofi Annan was the Secretary-General. He is the author of The River of Lost Footsteps and Where China Meets India and currently works as a special consultant to the Burmese government.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571217595 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571217591 |
| Title | The River of Lost Footsteps |
| Author | Thant Myint-U |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2008-01-03 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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