Freedom from Fear: And Other Writings

Freedom from Fear: And Other Writings
Aung San Suu Kyi (Author), Michael Aris (Editor, Introduction), Vaclav Havel (Foreword), Desmond M. Tutu (Foreword)
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s collected writings—edited by her late husband, who the ruling military junta prevented from visiting Burma as he was dying of cancer—reflects her greatest hopes and fears for her fellow Burmese people, and her concern about the need for international cooperation in the continuing fight for Burma’s freedom. Bringing together her most powerful speeches, letters and interviews, this remarkable collection gives a voice to Burma’s “woman of destiny,” whose fate remained in the hands of her enemies for fifteen years, before her release from house arrest in 2010.

• Rank: #178303 in Books
• Published on: 2010-07-14
• Released on: 2010-07-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.80" h x 1.18" w x 5.08" l, .86 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Description #1 by TextbookX.com:

Aung San Suu Kyi, human-rights activist and leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, was detained in 1989 by SLORC, the ruling military junta. Today, she is newly liberated from six years' house arrest in Rangoon, where she was held as a prisoner of conscience, despite an overwhelming victory by her party in May 1990. This collection of writings, now revised with substantial new material, including the text of the Nobel Peace Prize speech delivered by her son, reflects Aung San Suu Kyi's greatest hopes and fears for her people and her concern about the need for international cooperation, and gives poignant and humorous reminiscences as well as independent assessments of her role in politics. Containing speeches, letters and interviews, some of which are newly added, these writings give a voice to Burma's 'woman of destiny', who was awarded both the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. Author: Suu Kyi, Aung San ISBN-10: 0140253173

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Categories: Burma->Politics and government, Literary * Collections, Burma->Politics and government. Contributors: Aung San Suu Kyi - Author. Format: Paperback