ABSTRACT

This book explains how Burma's booming drug production, insurgency, and counter-insurgency interrelate—and why the country has been unable to shake off thirty years of military rule and build a modern, democratic society.

chapter 1|19 pages

"The Rangoon Government"

chapter 2|58 pages

The Burmese Jigsaw

chapter 3|22 pages

"Peace Within One Year"

chapter 4|30 pages

The Secret War

chapter 5

Retreat to the Jungle

chapter 6|32 pages

The Military Takes Over

chapter 7|37 pages

The Communist Juggernaut

chapter 8|34 pages

Guns, Drugs, and Ethnic Resistance

chapter 9

Burma in Upheaval

chapter 10|30 pages

The Strife Continues

chapter |5 pages

Epilogue

Is There Any Solution to the Problem?