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The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi by Peter Popham (English)
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- ISBN-13
- 9781615190812
- Type
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- ISBN
- 9781615190812
- Book Title
- Lady and the Peacock : the Life of Aung San Suu Kyi
- Item Length
- 8.3in
- Publisher
- Experiment LLC, T.H.E.
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Women, Asia / Southeast Asia, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Women's Studies, Political, Social Activists, World / Asian
- Item Width
- 5.6in
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 496 Pages
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi--known to the world as an icon for democracy and nonviolent dissent in oppressed Burma, and to her followers as simply "The Lady"--has recently returned to international headlines. Now, this major new biography offers essential reading at a moment when Burma, after decades of stagnation, is once again in flux. Suu Kyi's remarkable life begins with that of her father, Aung San. The architect of Burma's independence, he was assassinated when she was only two. Suu Kyi grew up in India (where her mother served as ambassador), studied at Oxford, and worked for three years at the UN in New York. In 1972, she married Michael Aris, a British scholar. They had two sons, and for several years she lived as a self-described "housewife"--but she never forgot that she was the daughter of Burma's national hero. In April 1988, Suu Kyi returned to Burma to nurse her sick mother. Within six months, she was leading the largest popular revolt in the country's history. She was put under house arrest by the regime, but her party won a landslide victory in the 1990 elections, which the regime refused to recognize. In 1991, still under arrest, she received the Nobel Peace Prize. Altogether, she has spent over fifteen years in detention and narrowly escaped assassination twice. Peter Popham distills five years of research--including covert trips to Burma, meetings with Suu Kyi and her friends and family, and extracts from the unpublished diaries of her co-campaigner and former confidante Ma Thanegi--into this vivid portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi, illuminating her public successes and private sorrows, her intellect and enduring sense of humor, her commitment to peaceful revolution, and the extreme price she has paid for it.
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Publisher
Experiment LLC, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1615190813
ISBN-13
9781615190812
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143762554
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lady and the Peacock : the Life of Aung San Suu Kyi
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Women, Asia / Southeast Asia, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Women's Studies, Political, Social Activists, World / Asian
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ds530.53.A85p66 2012
Reviews
A spellbinding biography of Aung San Suu Kyi . . . provides a complex and nuanced portrait of her on so many levels., IF the Generals Think They Can Control Suu Kyi, They Would Do Well to Read . . . Popham's Biography., Peter Popham's biography of Aung San Suu Kyi could not be better timed, as the woman who has been the real leader of her country is at last free to participate openly in its politics. This book provides a rich and often surprising portrait of Burma and of Aung San Suu Kyi and her family, which for more than half a century has played a central role in the country's drama. As an age of reform seems in sight for Burma, The Lady and the Peacock sheds exceptional light on its prospects and on the experiences that have shaped its coming generation of leaders., Popham paints a sympathetic and well-rounded portrait of Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi in this timely biography. . . . In addition to recounting Suu's remarkable life story, Popham, a foreign correspondent for The Independent, deftly outlines the political climate of the troubled nation, and shows how this revolutionary woman became a global symbol of democracy, resolve, and freedom., Readers interested in modern Asian history and current events will find this book well worth reading., Peter Popham's richly detailed biography sheds new light on Burma's heroine and the still unfolding struggle against military oppression she personifies. An important book., Peter Popham tells this story superbly in The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, by far the best book yet written on this elusive heroine., A masterly narration of the life of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi . . . She makes one proud to be human in her company. What a gift to our world and what a splendid telling of it in this book. We are deeply indebted to Peter Popham for such a superb account., An inspiring biography and a rare glimpse of what Burma could have been, and could still be. . . In the aftermath of the first, tentative loosening of the military's death grip over the country, Suu Kyi's next chapter remains to be written. For now, enjoy this compassionate biography of an exemplary leader., Peter Popham's vivid new biography, The Lady and the Peacock, illuminates the qualities that have made [Aung San Suu Kyi] one of the twenty-first century's great political personalities., In the latest, and very timely, biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, Peter Popham ably chronicles the incredible story of her life., We live in a time of political pygmies, but even in an age of giants Aung San Suu Kyi would stand out. Peter Popham's The Lady and the Peacock provides a compelling account of her life and career. Her intellectual evolution is deftly sketched, her marriage portrayed without sentimentality and her struggle against authoritarianism carefully outlined. Reading the book, one desperately hopes that by shaking the hand of the 'world' leaders who now line up to meet her, Suu Kyi transfers some of her exceptional courage on to them., Peter Popham's life of Aung San Suu Kyi is gripping, partisan and emotional . . . It contains fascinating new material and conveys, better than any other account, the stirring drama of her confrontations with the junta. But perhaps the most interesting thing about it is its timing. . . . The Lady and the Peacock is an essential record of the struggle for democracy in Burma before the mysteries and promise of the Thein Sein era: a reminder of the 49 long years that preceded eight breathless months of reform., This is the definitive and superbly written account of one of the most intriguing and admirable political and moral figures of our times.
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2012-004652
Dewey Decimal
959.105/3092 B
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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