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Thant Myint-u is the author of The Making of Modern Burma, The River of Lost Footsteps, and Where China Meets India. He lives in Rangoon, where he currently heads several charities, including U Thant House and the Yangon Heritage Trust.

Includes the name: Thant Myint-U.

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All the basic information is here but not a compelling read.
 
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mmcrawford | Dec 5, 2023 |
THE RIVER OF LOST FOOTSTEPS is a remarkable, long and dense, yet smooth reading history of Burma, now Myanmar.

Though the tale would benefit from improved chronology, it is thorough with a strong vein of irony, which unfortunately
has not changed the Luck of Burma away from poverty, corruption, isolation, destruction, starvation, mutiny, ethnic hatred, and horror.

Monarchy. Army. U Nu and U Thant. Army.
 
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m.belljackson | 9 other reviews | May 5, 2022 |
One of those rare books which you regret finishing... you want more! The author comes across as a wise, utterly civilized, informed, enlightened soul with deep insights and a wide intellectual and emotional canvas. A bonus for Indians is his foray into the Indian Northeast, and his appeciation of the contributions to Southeast Asia from the Indian civilizational world.
 
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Dilip-Kumar | 4 other reviews | May 20, 2020 |
Excellent read. A touch of humor, well-written, hugely informative, and written by an "insider'. tis easy to like this book which I acquired and read while in Myanmar.
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untraveller | 9 other reviews | Nov 1, 2017 |

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