Myanmar biography book
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Myanmar (Formerly Burma)
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Myanmar in the Fifteenth Century: A Tale of Two Kingdoms
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Ten Books That Reveal Myanmar for the Complex Mosaic It Is
Myanmar is a country steeped in secrecy and contradiction—a land of golden pagodas and oppressive military dictatorships, of ancient dynasties and teak-hauling elephants, of lush green countryside and allegations of genocide. Part of the infamous Golden Triangle, the country was the world’s largest producer of opium in 2023. It was the site of strategic and deadly battles during World War II. And according to some at least, it was the inspiration for not one, but three of George Orwell’s most famous novels: Burmese Days, Animal Farm, and 1984.
Even its name is the subject of controversy—the name Burma was coined by the British, a misinterpretation of the word Bamar, the majority ethnic group in the country. In 1989, the military junta renamed the country Myanmar, claiming it to be a more inclusive name. However, many people both inside and outside the country, including the United States government, continue to call it Burma as a form of protest against the illegitimacy of the authoritarian military regime.
No person embodies the complexity of Myanmar more than Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel-laureate and pro-democracy icon who endured decades of house arrest in or