The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma

Myint-U, Thant

ISBN 10: 0374163421 / ISBN 13: 9780374163426

Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, New York, 2006

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Fine in dustjacket.; 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374163421
• ISBN 13: 9780374163426
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis

Retraces the complex and turbulent story of Burma, from the time of Portuguese pirates to the sixty-year-old civil war that continues today, in an insightful narrative that portrays Burma's rise and decline through the stories of the author's family and others.

About the Authors

Thant Myint-U, educated at Harvard and Cambridge, has served on three United Nations peacekeeping operations, in Cambodia and in the former Yugoslavia, and was more recently the head of policy planning in the UN’s Department of Political Affairs.

Thant Myint-U, educated at Harvard and Cambridge, has served on three United Nations peacekeeping operations, in Cambodia and in the former Yugoslavia, and was more recently the head of policy planning in the UN’s Department of Political Affairs.