The Shan of Burma : memoirs of a Shan exile

In this highly personal account, the author, Chao Tzang Yawnghwe, a son of the first President of the Union of Burma, tells of his youth and involvement in the Shan resistance movement. He gives his version of Shan history and explains the complexity of Shan politics covering the issues of autonomy, Shan-Burmese relations, opium, and other contraband trade. He discusses the personalities involved in the war that is now more than twenty years old. The final part of this book is a compendium of who's who in Shan history and politics. The author passed away in July 2004. Table of Contents......Page 5 PART ONE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION......Page 19 1. A Native of the Shan Hills......Page 21 PART TWO: SHAN-BURMESE RELATIONS......Page 63 2. An Overview of Shan-Burmese Relations......Page 65 3. The Development of Shan-Burmese Relations......Page 80 4. Shan-Burmese Relations from 1948......Page 109 PART THREE: WHO'S WHO IN SHAN POLITICS......Page 161 5. Historical and Political Personalities (A Personal Perspective)......Page 163 APPENDICES......Page 255 Appendix I: Historic Decisions and Agreements Prior to Independence......Page 257 Appendix II: Shan Proposals to Terminate the Opium Trade in the Shan State......Page 264 Appendix III: Notes on the Film, Opium Warlords......Page 267 Abbreviations......Page 271 Glossary......Page 273 Bibliography......Page 275 Index......Page 279 The Author......Page 295