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Hutchinson, London, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. green endpapers. Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi has become an iconic figure. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, since 1988 she has steadfastly opposed Burma's brutal military regime, instituted by General Ne Win in 1962. But her leadership of the Burmese democracy movement, and her ardent advocacy of human rights, have landed her in desperate trouble. She was first placed under house arrest in 1989. Today she is again under house arrest, seemingly for good. In the years between, she has faced constant physical and psychological harassment. In 2003, during an attempt on her life at Depayin, she witnessed the massacre of scores of her followers. Her extraordinary commitment to the Burmese people has resulted in involuntary separation from her family - her English husband Dr. Michael Aris, and their two sons. Aris's death in 1999 was yet another cruel twist of…
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The Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi Hardcover - 2007
by Justin Wintle
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- Title The Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi
- Author Justin Wintle
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Advance Reading
- Pages 450
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Hutchinson Radius, Great Britain
- Date April 24, 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780091796518 / 0091796512
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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