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Strong Soldiers, Failed Revolution : The State and Military in Burma, 1962‒88 /

General Ne Win's state reformation in the name of the "Burmese Way to Socialism" contributed to the expansion of the political role of the Myanmar Armed Forces, the tatmadaw - but the underlying dynamics of this change remain poorly understood. Drawing on propaganda publications, prof...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nakanishi, Yoshihiro, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Japonés
Publicado: Singapore : NUS Press in association with Kyoto University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : A Failed Revolution Made a Strong Military Regime
  • Nation-State Building and the Coercive Apparatus in Modern Burma
  • Th e Origin of "the Burmese Way to Socialism" : Formation of State Ideology and Military Politics
  • Party-State Manqué : Ne Win's Revolution and the Burma Socialist Programme Party
  • Destroy the Bureaucracy! : Transformation of the Civilian Bureaucracy in the Name of Revolution
  • "Winner-Take-All" : An Analysis of Burma's Political Elite
  • Formation of a Garrison State : The Politics of Dictator Military Relations
  • Conclusion : The End of Revolution
  • Epilogue : Post-1988 Politics.