Burma- a Nation at the Crossroads

by Benedict Rogers

  I owe a special debt of gratitude to several volunteers who devoted many hours to painstakingly transcribing interviews for me: Kirk Acevado, Liam Allmark, Sarah Armitage, Chris Beanland, Myra Dahgaypaw, Pippa DeWitt, Claire DeWitt, Kate Gwynn, Rita Lobo, Daniella Lock, James Mackay, Sally Pearson, Jacqueline San, Gabi Sibley, Chloe Simons and May Pearl Tun. I am also grateful to friends who read the draft manuscript and suggested improvements, including Mark Farmaner, Debbie Stothard, James Mackay, Chris Lewa, Martin Morland, Juliet Rogers and Julia Evans.

  My own employers, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), have been exceptionally generous in providing time, space and resources to conduct the research and to write this book, and without their support it would not have been possible. All of the travel involved in researching this book has been made possible by CSW.

  I am grateful to my publishers, Random House, and particularly Judith Kendra and all her colleagues, for recognising the value and significance of this book, taking it on so enthusiastically, and providing guidance, wise counsel, editorial expertise and warm encouragement throughout the process.

  I am also grateful to the Göttweig Abbey, a Benedictine monastery near Krems, Austria founded in 1083, and to my parents in the rolling English countryside in Dorset, for providing beautiful places of peace and tranquillity in which to read, research and write.

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