Description
| Product ID: | 9780099491156 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Perfect Hostage |
| Authors: | Author: Justin Wintle |
| Page Count: | 512 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Asian history, History, Political leaders and leadership, Asian history, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Political leaders & leadership, Myanmar (Burma), c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi is an iconic figure, and the best-known prisoner of conscience alive today. Yet if her exemplary fortitude has earned Aung San Suu Kyi world-wide admiration, inside Burma itself little has changed - as Justin Wintle's comprehensive biography makes hideously plain. Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi is an iconic figure, and the best-known prisoner of conscience alive today. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, at great personal cost she has steadfastly opposed Burma''s brutal military regime since 1988, when she emerged as the leader of the Burmese democracy movement. As well as house arrest she has endured every kind of intimidation, including an attempt on her life in 2003. Yet if her exemplary fortitude has earned Aung San Suu Kyi world-wide admiration, inside Burma itself little has changed - as Justin Wintle''s comprehensive biography makes hideously plain. |
| Imprint Name: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Cornerstone |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-02-07 |
