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Title: Burma: The State of Myanmar. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Author: Michael Aung-Thwin
Publication: Pacific Affairs (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2002
Publisher: University of British Columbia
Volume: 75 Issue: 2 Page: 322(2)Article Type: Book ReviewDistributed by Thompson Gale
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BURMA: The State of Myanmar. By David I. Steinberg. Washington: Georgetown University Press. 2001. iv, 342 pp. (Tables, maps.) US$67.50, cloth. ISBN 0-87840-842-8. David I. Steinberg's Burma: The State of Myanmar is a ten-chapter book on what amounts to an analysis of military rule in Independent Burma. It is of mixed quality, ranging from hearsay journalism to solid scholarship. The latter is best represented by chapters 5, 8 and 10, while the former is found scattered throughout. It is not, and does not pretend to be, a neutral, detached work, but advocates a clear agenda: namely, that World Bank, IMF and ADB diagnoses are correct, therefore their suggestions should be implemented. To that end, the book...
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