A delicate relationship
Subtitle: the United States and Burma/Myanmar since 1945
By: Kenton Clymer
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780801454486
Subjects: Foreign relations; History
Description: "In 2012, Barack Obama became the first U.S. president ever to visit Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. This official state visit marked a new period in the long and sinuous diplomatic relationship between the United States and Burma/Myanmar, which Kenton Clymer examines in A Delicate Relationship. From the challenges of decolonization and heightened nationalist activities that emerged in the wake of World War II to the Cold War concern with domino states to the rise of human rights policy in the 1980s and beyond, Clymer demonstrates how Burma/Myanmar has fit into the broad patterns of U.S. foreign policy and yet has never been fully integrated into diplomatic efforts in the region of Southeast Asia"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-393) and index.
Table of contents: title: Burmese nationalism and the path to independence; title: The leaky derelict; title: The trial of the "Burma surgeon"; title: The Kuomintang embarrassment; title: China, communists, and other insurgents; title: Changing course on the Kuomintang; title: The neutrality conundrum; title: The China border, a "polite coup, " and return to democratic government; title: The U Nu interregnum; title: Ne Win's way to socialism; title: The relationship stabilizes; title: The narcotics era; title: Revolt; title: The thaw; title: Appendix : US ambassadors and chargés d'affaires appointed to Burma.