{"product_id":"the-hidden-history-of-burma-9781324003298","title":"The Hidden History of Burma","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cem\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2020\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How did one of the world’s \"buzzy hotspots\" (\u003cem\u003eFodor’s\u003c\/em\u003e 2013) become one of the top ten places to avoid (\u003cem\u003eFodor’s\u003c\/em\u003e 2018)?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thant Myint-U is a writer with a humane sensibility and a delicate yet pointed touch....Learned yet also intimate, \u003cem\u003eThe Hidden History of Burma\u003c\/em\u003e is an urgent book about a heavy subject.\" -- Jennifer Szalai - New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\"Thant Myint-U's most impressive title to date, featuring anecdotes from the author’s own extraordinary life.\" -- Jeffrey Wasserstrom - Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\"Thant Myint-U is the greatest living historian of Burma…His profoundly humane and ethical meditations on national identity, plurality, and the dangers of hyper-nationalism are vital to anyone trying to understand the Rohingya crisis or wrestling with the complexities of modern South or South East Asia.\" -- William Dalrymple, author of The Anarchy\u003cbr\u003e\"At once absorbing, illuminating, and humane, Thant Myint-U’s work traces the complex gearings of race, identity, and money with the perspective of a scholar and the intimacy of an insider. It’s invaluable in helping us understand the complexities not just of contemporary Burma but of our postcolonial world.\" -- Kwame Anthony Appiah, author of The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity\u003cbr\u003e\"An engrossing new book about Myanmar’s troubled, unfinished transition from dictatorship to democratic rule...\u003cem\u003eThe Hidden History of Burma\u003c\/em\u003e should become a guiding reference work for how we view the new Myanmar.\" -- Josh Reed - Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\"The book on Burma I’ve been waiting to read—a riveting behind-the-scenes account of the country’s political and social transition over recent years, a brave unravelling of well-worn myths, and an urgent plea to imagine a new story and better future for Burma.\" -- Emma Larkin, author of Finding George Orwell in Burma\u003cbr\u003e\"Thant Myint-U deftly weaves together factors as diverse as nationalism, capitalism, geopolitics, and social media into a clear-eyed analysis of Burma’s troubled past and present. An essential read for anyone who wants to understand Burma and the challenges it must face in the coming decades.\" -- Kishore Mahbubani, author of Has the West Lost It? A Provocation\u003cbr\u003e\"Few countries are as complex—or fascinating—as modern-day Burma. In these pages, Thant Myint-U explains the country’s fifteen-year transformation from military junta to peaceful democracy to divided and fractured post-crisis country. A must-read book, not just for those interested in Burma, but for those interested in broader questions of race, national identity and democracy in our 21st-century world.\" -- Ian Bremmer, author of Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism\u003cbr\u003e\"Acute yet empathetic, this book is essential reading for all those interested in the future of Asia and the subcontinent.\" -- Shivshankar Menon, former foreign secretary of India","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529092440407,"sku":"9781324003298","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781324003298.jpg?v=1731874267","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-hidden-history-of-burma-9781324003298","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}