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Soldiers and Diplomacy in Burma: Understanding the Foreign Relations of the Burmese Praetorian State

Soldiers and Diplomacy in Burma: Understanding the Foreign Relations of the Burmese Praetorian State

Egreteau, Renaud
Jagan, Larry

Paperback

International RelationsSoutheast Asian History

ISBN10: 9971696738
ISBN13: 9789971696733
Publisher: Singapore Univ Pr
Published: Jun 10 2013
Pages: 560
Weight: 1.76
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Soldiers and Diplomacy addresses the key question of the ongoing role of the military in Burma's foreign policy. The authors, a political scientist and a former top Asia editor for the BBC, provide a fresh perspective on Burma's foreign and security policies, which have shifted between pro-active diplomacies of neutralism and non- alignment, and autarkical policies of isolation and xenophobic nationalism. They argue that important elements of continuity underlie Burma's striking postcolonial policy changes and contrasting diplomatic practices. Among the defining factors here are the formidable dominance of the Burmese armed forces over state structure, the enduring domestic political conundrum and the peculiar geography of a country located at the crossroads of India, China and Southeast Asia.


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