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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clymer, Kenton J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History.
Subjects:
Since 1945
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Diplomatic relations
United States > Foreign relations > Burma.
Burma > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
Burma > History > 1948-
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Birmanie.
Birmanie > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1945-1989.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1989-
Birmanie > Histoire > 1948-
Burma
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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 chargés d'affaires appointed to Burma.

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