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Title The Burma spring : Aung San Suu Kyi and the new struggle for the soul of a nation / Rena Pederson ; foreword by Laura Bush.
Publisher New York : Pegasus Books, 2015.
Copyright ©2015
Description xxiv, 536 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Edition First Pegasus Books cloth edition.


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 LW-Upper East Side  959.105 PED Nearby on shelf  30641005581140 (none)  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-535).
Contents Rangoon, 2003 -- The lady vanishes -- The return of the native -- The candidate -- The prize winner -- A daughter of destiny -- Khin Kyi -- "Suu" -- The lady of the lake -- The lives of others -- The general in his labyrinth -- The Lords of the sunset -- Friends in high places -- The monks go on the march -- The killer storm -- The intruder -- Free at last -- The game of thrones.
Summary Drawing on exclusive interviews, a journalist and former State Department speechwriter sheds new light on Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who inspired Burma's first steps towards democracy, and her lifelong fight for liberty.
Subject Aung San Suu Kyi.
Women political activists -- Burma -- Biography.
Political activists -- Burma -- Biography.
Women politicians -- Burma -- Biography.
Burma -- Politics and government -- 1988-
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 9781605986678
1605986674
9781605989778