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Turmoil in Burma: Contested Legitimacies in Myanmar Paperback – September 1, 2006

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An authoritative examination of the peoples and the issues competing for the mantle of legitimacy in this strategically-sited country. With his decades of successful service in government and academia, David Steinberg provides powerful insight into the nuanced issues and global sensitivities of Burma's complex and fluid situation. Index, Maps, Bibliography

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Steinberg's book takes on the most politically sensitive issues that entrench the deeply divided politics of Burma/Myanmar today. His prose is fluid, his analysis compelling, and his conclusion provocative. The book is a testament to his fifty years of judicious, lucid, patient, and evenhanded work on Burma/Myanmar. --Dr. Mary P. Callahan, Assoc.Prof. University of Washington, Seattle

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David I. Steinberg is Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies Emeritus, Georgetown University. He previously served as co-director of the Korean Area Studies program of the School of Foreign Service, Representative of The Asia Foundation in Korea (1963-68; 1994-97); Distinguished Professor of Korea Studies, Georgetown University; and President of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs. Early in his career, as a member of the Senior Foreign Service with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) of the U.S. Department of State, he worked extensively on development in Asia and the Middle East serving as Director for technical assistance in Asia and the Middle East, Director for Philippine, Thailand, and Burma Affairs. During this period he spent three years in Thailand with the USAID Regional Development Office. Before joining USAID, Steinberg was Representative of The Asia Foundation in Korea and Washington, DC, and Assistant Representative in Burma and Hong Kong. He has resided for seventeen years in Asia and has travelled and lectured widely throughout the region. Mr. Steinberg is the author of over ninety articles and twelve books and monographs, including. Burma: The State of Myanmar (2001) and The Republic of Korea: Economic Transformation and Social Change (1989). David I. Steinberg was educated at Dartmouth College, Lingnan University (Canton, China), Harvard University, and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ EastBridge, a nonprofit corporation; Paper edition (September 1, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 370 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1599880016
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1599880013
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.45 pounds

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Great analysis on modern Burma

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2007

First, a disclaimer: I am not a disinterested observer of Burmese affairs, and I consider the author a personal friend and mentor.

Having said that, I can objectively say that this is another great work by Prof. Steinberg. Unlike many Burma watchers, he tries his best to provide illumination without rhetorical bombs or emotional diatribes. He is against sanctions, but also places much of the blame for Burma's problems at the feet of the government. He acknowledges the perpetration of human rights abuses, but tries to ask difficult questions such as whether the national government really can prevent its soldiers in the field from undertaking abuses.

This book is an interesting look at legitimacy issues, but may be a bit much for the uninitiated. For a more general overview on Burma, see Prof. Steinberg's Burma: State of Myanmar or U-Myint Thant's recent River of Lost Footsteps. After one of those two books, this one brings together some of the key events of modern Burmese history to try to piece together how the Burmese government, exile groups, and average people view themselves.