Freedom from fear
Subtitle: and other writings
By: Aung San Suu Kyi ; edited with an introduction by Michael Aris ; foreword to the first edition by Václav Havel ; foreword to the second edition by Desmond Tutu ; edited with an introduction by Michael Aris
Contributors: Aris, Michael
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780141039497
Subjects: Politics and government; International relations
Description: Collects twenty-three writings by human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi on the struggle for democracy in Burma and the legacy of her father, Aung San, the leader of Burma who was assassinated in 1947; and includes five essays on Suu Kyi.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The inheritance: My father ; My country and people ; Intellectual life in Burma and India under colonialism ; Literature and nationalism of Burma; title: pt. 2. The struggle: In quest of democracy ; Freedom from fear ; The true meaning of boh ; Speech to a mass rally at the Shwedagon Pagoda ; The objectives ; In the eye of the revolution ; Two letters to Amnesty International ; Letter to the ambassadors ; The role of the citizen in the struggle for democracy ; Open letter to the UN Commission on Human Rights ; Dust and sweat ; The need for solidarity among ethnic groups ; The people want freedom ; The agreement to stand for election ; The 1991 Nobel Prize for peace ; The Nobel Prize acceptance speech ; Towards a true refuge ; The need for dialogue ; Empowerment for a culture of peace and development; title: pt. 3. Appreciations: A flowering of the spirit : memories of Suu and her family / Ma Than E ; Suu Burmese / Ann Pasternak Slater ; Aung San Suu Kyi : is she Burma's woman of destiny? / Josef Silverstein ; Aung San Suu Kyi and the peaceful struggle for human rights in Burma / Philip Kreager ; The spirit of reconciliation.