April 09

This was an interesting read because I had just visited Burma (Myanmar) with my wife. It's quite a dark story and clearly written from the perspective of someone who'd seen some dodgy goings-on during his time overseas. A welcome corrective to my gen This was an interesting read because I had just visited Burma (Myanmar) with my wife. It's quite a dark story and clearly written from the perspective of someone who'd seen some dodgy goings-on during his time overseas. A welcome corrective to my generally held view that on balance the British Empire wasn't so bad - aspects of it, as with all human endeavours, were of course deeply flawed. ...more