To understand Burma’s 20th century and its current state, these 10 books are indispensable guides, all of which reflect the personal stories, events that will give you clear pictures of Old Burma and New Myanmar.
Orwell draws on his years of experience in India to tell this story of the waning days of British imperialism.…
As historian, former diplomat, and presidential advisor, Thant Myint-U saw the cracks forming. In this insider’s diagnosis of a country…
“Daniel Mason has woven together an elegant and unusually engrossing story, one that offers the reader the best possible journey–into…
The best single-volume analysis of Burma, its checkered history, and its attempts to reform. Cockett’s enlightening history, from the colonial…
Beautiful, lush Burma has provided a hospitable home for Jews since the first settlers arrived from Iraq, the Middle East,…
Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this novel by Amitav Ghosh tells the story of Rajkumar, a…
In one of the most intrepid travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through…
A beautiful and poignant story of one family during the most violent and turbulent years of world history, Miss Burma…
Andrew Marshall’s historical travelogue is a thrilling tale of two adventures in Burma. The first, undertaken over 100 years ago…
In 1988, Dr. John Casey, a professor visiting Burma, meets a waiter in Mandalay with a passion for the works…
Like most travelers in Burma, Norman Lewis fell in love with the land and its people. Although much of the…
After the brutal suppression of an unarmed national uprising, Rory MacLean seized the chance to visit Burma. Traveling from Rangoon…
