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The lady and the peacock the life of Aung San Suu Kyi

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi known to the world as an icon for democracy and nonviolent dissent in oppressed Burma, and to her followers as simply "The Lady" has recently returned to international headlines. Now, this major new biography offers essential reading at a moment...

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Main Author: Popham, Peter (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Experiment 2012
Subjects:
Aung San Suu Kyi
Women political activists > Burma > Biography
Political activists > Burma > Biography
Women political prisoners > Burma > Biography
Women politicians > Burma > Biography
Burma > Politics and government > 1988-
Burma > Politics and government > 1948-
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Table of Contents:
  • Map of Burma
  • Prologue
  • pt. 1. Her Father's Child
  • pt. 2. The Peacock's Fan
  • Late Call
  • Debut
  • Freedom and Slaughter
  • The Funeral
  • Open Road
  • Her Father's Blood
  • Defiance
  • pt. 3. The Wide World
  • Grief of a Child
  • The Gang of Five
  • An Oriental at St. Hugh's
  • Choices
  • Superwoman
  • pt. 4. Heirs to the Kingdom
  • Alone
  • Landslide Victory
  • Long Live Holiness
  • The Peace Prize
  • Heroes and Traitors
  • pt. 5. The Road Map
  • Meeting Suu
  • Nightmare
  • The Saffron Revolution
  • The Peacock Effect
  • Afterword
  • Glossary
  • List of Names

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