Perfect hostage
Subtitle: a life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's prisoner of conscience
By: Justin Wintle.
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781602392663
Subjects: Aung San Suu Kyi; ʼOṅʻ Chanʻʺ, -- Builʻ khyupʻ, -- 1915-1947; National League for Democracy (Burma); Women political activists -- Burma -- Biography; Women political prisoners -- Burma -- Biography; Political activists -- Burma -- Biography -- 20th century; Nationalists -- Burma -- Biography; Burma -- Politics and government -- 1988-; Burma -- Politics and government -- 1824-1948
Genres: Biography.; Biography
Description: A portrait of the Burmese activist minister and non-violence advocate describes the factors that contributed to her house arrest in 1989, her work to promote non-aggressive civil resistance, and her receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-[448]) and index.