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A Delicate Relationship : The United States and Burma/Myanmar since 1945 /

"In 2012, Barack Obama became the first US president ever to visit Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. This official state visit marked a new period in the long and sinuous diplomatic relationship between the United States and Burma/Myanmar, which Kenton Clymer examines in A Delicate Relationship...

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Autor principal: Clymer, Kenton J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Burmese nationalism and the path to independence
  • The leaky derelict
  • The trial of the "Burma surgeon"
  • The Kuomintang embarrassment
  • China, communists, and other insurgents
  • Changing course on the Kuomintang
  • The neutrality conundrum
  • The China border, a "polite coup," and return to democratic government
  • The U Nu interregnum
  • Ne Win's way to socialism
  • The relationship stabilizes
  • The narcotics era
  • Revolt
  • The thaw
  • Appendix : US ambassadors and charges d'affaires appointed to Burma.