Than Shwe: Unmasking Burma’s Tyrant Ethnicity and in particular the “Special

and in particular the “Special Courts” set up to deal with political opponents

generosity

Chronology

during his odyssey as part of the aborted embassy to Portugal

Although northeasterners have often been thwarted in their efforts to press government agencies to redress their grievances

Than Shwe: Unmasking Burma’s Tyrant Ethnicity and in particular the “SpecialWith a foreword by Vclav Havel 6 b w illus., index Than Shwe is one of the worlds most notorious dictators, presiding over a military regime that persists in repressing and brutalizing its own people. Until now, his story has not been told. Than Shwe: Unmasking Burmas Tyrant provides the first ever account of Than Shwes journey from postal clerk to dictator, analyzing his rise through the ranks of the army, his training in psychological warfare, his