Than Shwe by Benedict Rogers

Than Shwe by Benedict Rogers

Than Shwe: Unmasking Burmas Tyrant provides the first-ever account of Than Shwes journey from postal clerk to dictator, analyzing his rise through the ranks of the army, his training in psychological warfare, his belief in astrology, his elimination of rivals, and his ruthless suppression of dissent.

"The outlines of Than Shwe's life and rise from obscure origins as a rural postal clerk and later as a member of the military's Psychological Warfare Department to a deeply superstitious and reclusive head of state are reported as solidly as possible for such an elusive and undocumented subject by Benedict Rogers…"

* The New York Review of Books *

"The just published book about Senior General Than Shwe, Union of Myanmar's secretive leader of the military government, is timely and overdue."

-- Reinhard Hohler * Chiang Mai *

".. a timely account of the awfulness of the regime he heads, whose leaders seem sure to continue to hold real power even after a stage-managed election in November."

* The Economist *

"Rogers deserves credit for trying to illuminate a secretive life."

* Time *

Benedict Rogers is a writer and human rights advocate specializing in Burma whose articles have appeared in the International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Far Eastern Economic Review, and The Guardian. He is the author of A Land Without Evil: Stopping the Genocide of Burma’s Karen People.

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ISBN 13	9789749511916
ISBN 10	9749511913
Title	Than Shwe
Author	Benedict Rogers
Series	Than Shwe
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Year published	2010-08-27
Number of pages	272
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