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Free Download Donald M. Seekins, "Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)"
English | 2006 | pages: 565 | ISBN: 0810854767 | PDF | 1,9 mb
Burma (Myanmar) is a country in crisis, and a political resolution to its problems of national unity seems unlikely to occur in the near future. The purpose of the Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar) is to explain in depth the country’s political crisis, while also providing detailed historical background. While paying much attention to the personalities and events of the 1962-1988 Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) period, the dictionary focuses on the events, institutions, and personalities of 1988, when a nationwide movement for democracy resulted in the collapse of the BSPP regime, and the post-1988 period, when Burma was ruled by a military junta, the State Law and Order Restoration Council, which, after 1997, changed its name to the State Peace and Development Council.

Free Download Jeremy Walsh, "Mosquito Intruders – Target Burma: The RAF’s Daring Low-Level Mosquito Operations"
English | ISBN: 1399052659 | 2024 | 240 pages | EPUB | 34 MB
Uses diaries, first-hand accounts, and official records to take the reader through the Mosquito intruders’ three-year campaign to help force the Japanese out of Burma, living and dying with the brave warriors in the five squadrons which flew the FB VI.

Free Download Fergal Keane, "Letters from Burma"
English | 2010 | pages: 209 | ISBN: 0141041447 | EPUB | 9,7 mb
Letters from Burma – an unforgettable collection from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi In these astonishing letters, Aung San Suu Kyi reaches out beyond Burma’s borders to paint for her readers a vivid and poignant picture of her native land. Here she celebrates the courageous army officers, academics, actors and everyday people who have supported the National League for Democracy, often at great risk to their own lives. She reveals the impact of political decisions on the people of Burma, from the terrible cost to the children of imprisoned dissidents – allowed to see their parents for only fifteen minutes every fortnight – to the effect of inflation on the national diet and of state repression on traditions of hospitality. She also evokes the beauty of the country’s seasons and scenery, customs and festivities that remain so close to her heart. Through these remarkable letters, the reader catches a glimpse of exactly what is at stake as Suu Kyi fights on for freedom in Burma, and of the love for her homeland that sustains her non-violent battle. Includes an introduction from Fergal Keane ‘Aung San Suu Kyi has become a global symbol of peaceful resistance, courage and apparently endless endurance’ Guardian ‘A real hero in an age of phony phone-in celebrity, which hands out that title freely to the most spoiled and underqualified’ Bono, Time Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of Burma’s National League for Democracy. She was placed under house arrest in Rangoon in 1989, where she remained for almost 15 of the 21 years until her release in 2010, becoming one of the world’s most prominent political prisoners. She is also the author of the collection of writings Freedom from Fear.

Free Download Fergal Keane, "Letters from Burma"
English | 2010 | pages: 209 | ISBN: 0141041447 | EPUB | 9,7 mb
Letters from Burma – an unforgettable collection from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi In these astonishing letters, Aung San Suu Kyi reaches out beyond Burma’s borders to paint for her readers a vivid and poignant picture of her native land. Here she celebrates the courageous army officers, academics, actors and everyday people who have supported the National League for Democracy, often at great risk to their own lives. She reveals the impact of political decisions on the people of Burma, from the terrible cost to the children of imprisoned dissidents – allowed to see their parents for only fifteen minutes every fortnight – to the effect of inflation on the national diet and of state repression on traditions of hospitality. She also evokes the beauty of the country’s seasons and scenery, customs and festivities that remain so close to her heart. Through these remarkable letters, the reader catches a glimpse of exactly what is at stake as Suu Kyi fights on for freedom in Burma, and of the love for her homeland that sustains her non-violent battle. Includes an introduction from Fergal Keane ‘Aung San Suu Kyi has become a global symbol of peaceful resistance, courage and apparently endless endurance’ Guardian ‘A real hero in an age of phony phone-in celebrity, which hands out that title freely to the most spoiled and underqualified’ Bono, Time Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of Burma’s National League for Democracy. She was placed under house arrest in Rangoon in 1989, where she remained for almost 15 of the 21 years until her release in 2010, becoming one of the world’s most prominent political prisoners. She is also the author of the collection of writings Freedom from Fear.

Free Download Benedict Rogers, "Burma: A Nation At The Crossroads"
English | 2016 | pages: 320 | ISBN: 1846044464 | EPUB | 0,6 mb
After years of oppression and cruelty, Burma’s future will be decided by the way its government chooses to treat the many diverse ethnic groups living within its borders

Free Download Burma ’44
by James Holland
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0802160581 | 448 pages | True EPUB | 16.6 MB

Free Download Burma: The Challenge of Change in a Divided Society By Peter. Carey
1997 | 254 Pages | ISBN: 0333595726 | PDF | 7 MB
‘The way forward can only be through a mature political process that will reconcile widely differing points of view and achieve consensus on the challenges that confront our nation and our people. Burma…confronts this issue by acknowledging the validity of contrasting and even conflicting opinions.’ – Daw Aung San Suu Kyi An up-to-date collection of essays by leading academics and Burma specialists covering some of the key economic, ethnic, political and social problems which currently confront Burma. The book is divided into four parts: Politics and Constitution Making, Foreign Policy, Views from the Periphery, and the Challenges of Development. Peter Carey’s introduction provides a useful historical background, and assesses the political prospects for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy following her 1995 release.

Free Download Burma Sahib: A Novel (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C82PJRC1 | 2024 | 17 hours and 51 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 491 MB
Author: Paul Theroux
Narrator: Charlie Anson
From the acclaimed author comes a riveting new novel exploring one of English literature’s most beloved and controversial figures-George Orwell-and the early years as an officer in colonial Burma that transformed him from Eric Blair, the British Raj policeman, into Orwell the anticolonial writer. At age nineteen, young Eton graduate Eric Blair set sail for India, dreading the assignment ahead. Along with several other young conscripts, he would be trained for three years as a servant of the British Empire, overseeing the local policemen in Burma. Navigating the social, racial, and class politics of his fellow British at the same time as he learned the local languages and struggled to control his men would prove difficult enough. But doing all of this while grappling with his own self-worth, his sense that he was not cut out for this, is soon overwhelming for the young Blair. Eventually, his clashes with his superiors, and the drama that unfolds in this hot, beautiful land, will change him forever.

Free Download Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills: Empire and Resistance By Pum Khan Pau
2019 | 262 Pages | ISBN: 1138384607 | PDF | 5 MB
This book examines the British colonial expansion in the so-called unadministered hill tracts of the Indo-Burma frontier and the change of colonial policy from non-intervention to intervention. The book begins with the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-26), which resulted in the British annexation of the North-Eastern Frontier of Bengal and the extension of its sway over the Arakan and Manipur frontiers, and closes with the separation of Burma from India in 1937. The volume documents the resistance of the indigenous hill peoples to colonial penetration; administrative policies such as disarmament; subjugation of the local chiefs under a colonial legal framework and its impact; standardisation of ‘Chin’ as an ethnic category for the fragmented tribes and sub-tribes; and the creation and consolidation of the Chin Hills District as a political entity to provide an extensive account of British relations with the indigenous Chin/Zo community from 1824 to 1935. By situating these within the larger context of British imperial policy, the book makes a critical analysis of the British approach towards the Indo-Burma frontier. With its coverage of key archival sources and literature, this book will interest scholars and researchers in modern Indian history, military history, colonial history, British history, South Asian history and Southeast Asian history.

Free Download John Randle, "Battle Tales from Burma"
English | 2004 | ASIN: B00GSCX7YU, B00DN5TV40 | EPUB | pages: 199 | 0.7 mb
A collection of autobiographical stories from an officer in the British Indian Army during World War II.