The Golden Land Ablaze: Coups, Insurgents and the State in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner

Myanmar's generals didn't expect the nation to rise up against the coup they staged in February 2021. But after decades of stifling, direct military rule, the Burmese people had become used to another way of life during the relative openness of 2011-21. The army has been unable to suppress anti-coup protests as it did in 1962 and 1988; and, three years after sending tanks into Yangon, Naypyitaw and other cities, the army has yet to establish a functioning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911723685
• ISBN13: 9781911723684
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"