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The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma. Thant Myint-U

The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma


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The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma Thant Myint-U
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux



And what can Burma's past tell us about its present and even its future? The easy condemnation or economic sanction and hope that somehow things will change,” wrote the historian and former UN official, Thant Myint-U, in The River of Lost Footsteps, his highly acclaimed 2006 history of Burma. I've just finished reading the river of lost footsteps – a personal history of burma, thant myint-u's narrative of burmese history from ancient times till the saffron revolution of 2007. Historian Thant Myint-U is the author of The River of Lost Footsteps (2006), in my view the best introduction to Myanmar's sad history and why its despotic military rulers are so driven by xenophobia and delusion. Thant Myint-U was educated at Harvard and Trinity College, Cambridge and taught history as a Fellow of Trinity College. It was a thoroughly engrossing, enjoyable read. Admittedly, this is a drier, academic book than something along the lines of Thant Myint-U's The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma. Reviewing 'The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma' by Thant Myint-U. It is good to see a new book being written about a country that in recent decades has been shrouded in mystery and beset with violence. For more on Burmese history see “The River of Lost Footsteps”. A state of emergency has been imposed in the Burmese town of Meiktila following three days of communal violence between Buddhists and Muslims. What do we really know about Burma and its history? Http://www.amazon.com/River-Lost-Footsteps-Personal-History/dp/0374531161/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310348559&sr=1-3.




by ikeziheb | 2017-11-04 07:34