Bibliograph

Perfect hostage, a life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's prisoner of conscience, Justin Wintle

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Perfect hostage, a life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's prisoner of conscience, Justin Wintle

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Perfect hostage

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Justin Wintle

Sub title

a life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's prisoner of conscience

Summary

As one senior UN official put it, Burma is a country where "just to turn your head can mean imprisonment or death." Aung San Suu Kyi is considered to be Burma's best hope for freedom. Because of her unwavering commitment to nonviolent resistance to the country's brutal military junta, she has been under house arrest since 1989. Elected prime minister, she was prevented from taking office. Despite failing health, vilification at the hands of the Burmese media, and actual imprisonment in one of the world's most appalling jails, Suu Kyi has persevered in a campaign of nonviolent protest as unflagging as those of Gandhi, King, and Mandela. Perfect Hostage, the most thorough biography of Suu Kyi to date, tells both the story of the Burmese people and the story of an ordinary person who became a hero

Target audience

adult

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