The Burma Spring: Aung San Suu Kyi and the New Struggle for the Soul of a Nation - Rilegato

Pederson, Rena

 
9781605986678: The Burma Spring: Aung San Suu Kyi and the New Struggle for the Soul of a Nation

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Award-winning journalist and former State Department speechwriter Rena Pederson brings to light fresh details about the charismatic Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi: the inspiration for Burma s (now Myanmar) first steps towards democracy. Suu Kyi's party will be a major contender in the 2015 elections, a revolutionary breakthrough after years of military dictatorship. Using exclusive interviews with Suu Kyi since her release from fifteen years of house arrest, as well as recently disclosed diplomatic cables, Pederson uncovers new facets to Suu Kyi s extraordinary story.The Burma Spring

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Rena Pederson teaches writing at Southern Methodist University. She has written on Burma for the Huffington Post, The Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor. Pederson was the Editorial Page Editor at the Dallas Morning News, has served on the Pulitzer Prize Board, and is the author of The Lost Apostle and What&;s Next?, which was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show. She is currently a commentator on Dallas Public Radio and lives in Dallas, Texas.

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9781605989778: The Burma Spring: Aung San Suu Kyi and the New Struggle for the Soul of a Nation

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ISBN 10:  1605989770 ISBN 13:  9781605989778
Casa editrice: Pegasus Books, 2016
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