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Aung San Suu Kyi's collected writings - edited by her late husband, whom the ruling military junta prevented from visiting Burma as he was dying of cancer - reflects her greatest hopes and fears for her fellow Burmese people, and her concern about the need for international co-operation in the continuing fight for Burma's freedom. Bringing together her most powerful speeches, letters and interviews, this remarkable collection gives a voice to Burma's 'woman of destiny', whose fate remains in the hands of her enemies. Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, and leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the world's greatest living defenders of freedom and democracy, and an inspiration to millions worldwide.
| ISBN | 0141039493 | | Pages | 416 | | ISBN13 | 9780141039497
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 391 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Previous ISBN | 9780140253177 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 04 Feb 2010 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 959.105092 | | Spine width (mm) | 30 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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| | | List of Illustrations | | | | | | Acknowledgements | | | | | | Foreword to the First Edition by Vaclav Havel | | | | | | Foreword to the Second Edition by Archbishop Desmond Tutu | | | | | | Introduction by Michael Aris | | | | PART ONE | | The Inheritance | | | | 1 | | My Father | | 3 | | 2 | | My Country and People | | 39 | | 3 | | Intellectual Life in Burma and India under Colonialism | | 82 | | 4 | | Literature and Nationalism in Burma | | 140 | | PART TWO | | The Struggle | | | | 5 | | In Quest of Democracy | | 167 | | 6 | | Freedom from Fear | | 180 | | 7 | | The True Meaning of Boh | | 186 | | 8 | | Speech to a Mass Rally at the Shwedagon Pagoda | | 192 | | 9 | | The Objectives | | 199 | | 10 | | In the Eye of the Revolution | | 203 | | 11 | | Two Letters to Amnesty International | | 208 | | 12 | | Letter to the Ambassadors | | 211 | | 13 | | The Role of the Citizen in the Struggle for Democracy | | 212 | | 14 | | Open Letter to the UN Commission on Human Rights | | 214 | | 15 | | Dust and Sweat | | 217 | | 16 | | The Need for Solidarity among Ethnic Groups | | 218 | | 17 | | The People Want Freedom | | 224 | | 18 | | The Agreement to Stand for Election | | 227 | | 19 | | The 1991 Nobel Prize for Peace | | 228 | | 20 | | The Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech | | 235 | | | More... | | |
This book is bound to become a classic for a new generation of Asians who value democracy even more highly than Westerners do, simply because they are deprived of the basic freedoms that Westerners take for granted The New York Times Aung San Suu Kyi's extraordinary achievement has been to confront the regime peacefully, reasonably and persuasively... [in] one of the most laudable continuing acts of political courage Financial Times Such is the depth of passion and learning that she brings to her writings about national identity and its links with culture and language that she has attracted the admiration of intellectuals around the world Sunday Times  Be the first to write a customer review
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