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Author Ralph, Saw 1930- author.

Title Fifty years in the Karen revolution in Burma : the soldier and the teacher / Saw Ralph and Naw Sheera ; edited by Stephanie Olinga-Shannon ; with an introduction by Martin Smith.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2019.
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 172 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Early life -- Japanese occupation -- The revolution begins -- Walking across Burma -- Life as a soldier -- Family -- Revolution headquarters -- Psychological warfare -- Life after the revolution -- Childhood -- Burman harassment -- Bible school and missionary work -- Marriage -- Children -- The Karen Women's Organization -- The fall of Manerplaw -- Australia.
Summary "A rare, intimate look inside the Karen people's liberation struggle against the Burmese armed forces, one of the longest ethnic insurgencies in the world (1949- ) through the eyes of a guerilla leader and his wife"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Ralph, Saw 1930-
Sheera, Naw, 1932-
Karen National Liberation Army.
Karen National Liberation Army.
Karen Women's Organization.
Sheera, Naw, 1932-
Ralph, Saw, 1930-
Karen (Southeast Asian people) -- Burma -- Biography.
Karen (Southeast Asian people)
Burma.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Karen State (Burma) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
Insurgency -- Burma -- Karen State.
Insurgency.
Burma -- Karen State.
Burma -- Politics and government -- 1948-
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1948-
Since 1948
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Added Author Sheera, Naw, 1932- author.
Olinga-Shannon, Stephanie, editor.
Added Title 50 years in the Karen revolution in Burma
Other Form: Print version: Ralph, 1930- Fifty years in the Karen revolution in Burma. First edition. Ithaca : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501746949 (DLC) 2019018733
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