Burma: The Unfinished Nation

by Thant Myint-U

In this extract from THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF BURMA, author Thant Myint-U describes Burma's powerful army chief Min Aung Hlaing who seized power on February 1st 2021, sweeping aside the country's frail democratic institutions and arresting Aung San Suu Kyi, even as China seeks to increase its already strong influence in Burma. The country now risks becoming a failed state in the heart of Asia.

Kindle Edition

Published February 7, 2021

About the author

Thant Myint-U was educated at Harvard and Cambridge University and later taught history for several years as a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has also served on three United Nations peacekeeping operations, in Cambodia and the former Yugoslavia, as well as with the United Nations Secretariat in New York. He is the author of a personal history of Burma, The River of Lost Footsteps.