Thant Myint-U

Thant Myint-U ( ; born 31 January 1966) is a Burmese-American historian, writer, grandson of former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant, former UN official, and former special advisor to the president for the peace process. He has authored five books, including ''The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma'' and ''Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia.'' He founded the Yangon Heritage Trust in 2012 to protect colonial architecture and lobby for urban planning in the Burmese commercial capital of Yangon. He is currently a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Christ's College, Cambridge and United Nations Special Adviser on Humanitarian Diplomacy. Provided by Wikipedia
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  1. The hidden history of Burma : race, capitalism, and the crisis of democracy in the 21st century /
    The hidden history of Burma
    race capitalism and the crisis of democracy in the 21st century
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