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In this highly personal account, the author, Chao Tzang Yawnghwe, a son of the first President of the Union of Burma, tells of his youth and involvement in the Shan resistance movement. He gives his version of Shan history and explains the complexity of Shan politics covering the issues of autonomy, Shan-Burmese relations, opium, and other contraband trade. He discusses the personalities involved in the war that is now more than twenty years old. The final part of this book is a compendium of who's who in Shan history and politics.

The Shan of Burma: Memoirs of a Shan Exile

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In this highly personal account, the author, Chao Tzang Yawnghwe, a son of the first President of the Union of... Read more

    Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
    Publication Date: 30/04/2010
    ISBN13: 9789812303967, 978-9812303967
    ISBN10: 9812303960

    Number of Pages: 277

    Non Fiction , Biography

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    In this highly personal account, the author, Chao Tzang Yawnghwe, a son of the first President of the Union of Burma, tells of his youth and involvement in the Shan resistance movement. He gives his version of Shan history and explains the complexity of Shan politics covering the issues of autonomy, Shan-Burmese relations, opium, and other contraband trade. He discusses the personalities involved in the war that is now more than twenty years old. The final part of this book is a compendium of who's who in Shan history and politics.

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