Myanmar’s beauty and troubles laid bare in A Savage Dreamland by David Eimer

A Savage Dreamland: Journeys in Burmaby David EimerBloomsbury3.5/5 starsMyanmar was a little-visited country until a decade ago, struggling under a military dictatorship that had curtailed individual freedoms, stunted economic development and made the Southeast Asian nation an international pariah.Then, in 2010, the junta loosened its grip on power, allowing parliamentary elections for the first time in decades. Later that year, democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was freed from house arrest, an…

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