Description: The best single-volume analysis of Burma, its checkered history, and its attempts to reform
Review Quotes: "This is as much a popular introduction to Myanmar history, politics and culture, as an in-depth academic study. Richard Cockett nevertheless provides a number of important insights . . . and along the way develops an important hypothesis."--Ashley South, Journal of Contemporary Asia
"The best accessible introduction and overview of contemporary Myanmar that I've read."--Bill Hayton, author of The South China Sea