About the Book: Golden Land Ablaze: Coups, Insurgents and the State in Myanmar
A WORLD-LEADING EXPERT ON MYANMAR ASSESSES THE ONGOING POPULAR UPRISING AGAINST
THE MILITARY JUNTA THAT DEPOSED AUNG SAN SUU KYI..
Myanmars generals didnt expect the nation to rise up against the coup they
staged in February 2021. But after decades of stifling, direct military rule,
the Burmese people had become used to another way of life during the relative
openness of 201121. The army has been unable to suppress anti-coup protests as
it did in 1962 and 1988; and, three years after sending tanks into Yangon,
Naypyitaw and other cities, the army has yet