The River of Lost Footsteps by Thant Myint-U

Profiling 20th-century Burmese leaders such as Aung San, U Nu and Nobel Peace Prize–winning activist Aung San Suu Kyi, Thant Myint-U beautifully captures the complex identity of a little-understood country, concluding with a trenchant analysis of Burma's current predicament under an oppressive regime. Considering the country's longstanding global isolation in the context of its geographic and cultural singularity, Thant Myint-U interweaves his own family's history, writing extensively about his maternal grandfather, U Thant, who rose from humble origins to become secretary-general of the U.N. Combining both personal and political experience, this is a brilliantly illuminating and profound portrait of Burma. Drawing both on his own family's stories and his years of hands-on political experience working with the United Nations, Thant Myint-U has written an illuminating account of how Burma's. It is also the sight of the longest-running conflict in the world. Read 150 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Burma is currently ruled by a harsh dictatorship unmoved by Western activists and sanctions. For nearly two decades Western governments and a growi.

Read 150 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Recounting in a well-crafted narrative the colorful histories of Burmese dynastic empires from ancient times to the 18th century, Thant Myint-U then focuses on how, during the 19th century, the Burmese kingdom of Ava fought and lost a series of border wars with the British East India Company, culminating in a treaty that marked the beginning of Burma's loss of independence. The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma by Thant Myint-U The River of Lost Footsteps book. With an eye to what the past might say about Burma's present status as a country in crisis, Thant Myint-U examines the legacy of imperialism, war and invasion. Interweaving his own multigenerational family history, Thant.

), a senior officer at the U.N., observes. The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma by Thant Myint-U in Bloomsbury Review. Analysis of Burma has been 'singularly ahistorical,' Thant Myint-U ( The Making of Modern Burma

The River of Lost Footsteps by Thant Myint-U