The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Burma

The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Burma

One of Asiaâ€™s longest running communist insurrections ended on the night of April 16, 1989. Its cessation was not the outcome of a successful government offensive or of a generous amnesty policy, but of an all-out mutiny within the rank-and-file of the Communist Party of Burma (CPB). That night, thousands of mutineers stormed the CPBâ€™s headquarters at Panghsang, a small town near the Chinese frontier in the Wa Hills of Burmaâ€™s northeastern Shan State. The rebellious troops seized the well-stocked armoury and other buildings. While they were smashing portraits of Communist icons Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao Zedong and destroying CPB literature in an outburst of anti-party sentiment, the CPBâ€™s aging, staunchly Maoist leadership fled headlong across the Nam Hka River into China. For the first time in history, a Communist insurgency had been defeated from within its own ranks. The overwhelming majority of the CPBâ€™s troops came from various minority peoples in the rugged and remote Sino-Burmese border mountains, and these have always been motivated by ethnically and general anti-government sentiments rather than ideology. This is the story of the rise and fall of one of Asiaâ€™s longest-lasting and most powerful communist insurgencies. The book includes maps and unique photographs as well as charts showing how the CPB was organized before it collapsed in 1989.

One of Asiaâ€™s longest running communist insurrections ended on the night of April 16, 1989. Its cessation was not the outcome of a successful government offensive or of a generous amnesty policy, but of an all-out mutiny within the rank-and-file of the Communist Party of Burma (CPB). That night, thousands of mutineers stormed the CPBâ€™s headquarters at Panghsang, a small town near the Chinese frontier in the Wa Hills of Burmaâ€™s northeastern Shan State. The rebellious troops seized the well-stocked armoury and other buildings, while the CPBâ€™s aging, staunchly Maoist leadership fled headlong across the Nam Hka River into China. For the first time in history, a Communist insurgency had been defeated from within its own ranks. This is the story of the rise and fall of one of Asiaâ€™s longest-lasting and most powerful communist insurgencies. The book includes maps and unique photographs as well as charts showing how the CPB was organized before it collapsed in 1989.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-08-03
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-08-03
Format	Kindle eBook

The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Burma

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