Burma in revolt: Opium and insurgency since 1948

by Bertil Lintner

"Lintner's account is interspersed with numerous anecdotes gleaned from personal research and interviews. Individuals are given features and personality in the complicated "jigsaw" of Burma's modern history. Beginning with the shock of Aung San's murder in 1947, Lintner retraces events from the 1920s that led to this disastrous event and continues his narrative up to the present, navigating the reader through webs of intrigue involving power, politics and drugs. Key players are the Rangoon government, the ethnic resistance, the Communists, the Kuomintang, and the US government."--BOOK JACKET.

Genres: History, Military Fiction, Nonfiction, Politics

514 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Moe Ye]

Great to read if you want to educate yourself about Burma’s political history with an emphasis on armed conflicts and drug trade. However, I would suggest to avoid taking in various personal views of the author as I feel these are quite outdated now compared to 1994 when this book was published. I also think it is quite inadequate in portraying the ethnic conflict, especially their political demands, while it excels in describing relationships among the armed groups, and their role and involvement (or the lack of) in drug trade.

[Muhammad Mohamad noor]

good, this book give me more knowledge

[Timo Schmidt]

Very detailed (a bit too much in my opinion) but interesting read to understand some of the conflicts and history of Myanmar