by Peter Popham
Scott, George (Shway Yoe) 85, 88, 89, 278
Second World War 8, 10, 12, 37, 130, 176, 326, 391
Sein Lwin (the “Butcher”) 29, 36, 37, 43, 45, 46
Sein Win, Dr. 275, 280
Sejersted, Francis 299–300
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy 268
Shan States and people 14, 60, 101, 104–10, 177, 249, 277, 351, 365, 372
Sharp, Gene 390–1, 392, 393, 394, 398
Shimla 26, 90, 238, 258
shinbyu (coming-of-age ceremony) 25, 237, 292
Shwedagon pagoda 15, 37, 44, 45, 53, 54, 98, 163, 173, 378
importance 52
restoration 346–7
Simpson, John 289, 381
Singapore 263
Skidmore, Monique 325
Slim, William 13, 161–2, 163
Smith, Martin 277, 278
socialism 9, 18, 78–9, 187
Soe Tin, U 215
Soe Tint, U 154
Soe Win 32
Sonny Swe 340, 365
Soon Kyway 156
South Africa 298
Southeast Asia 11, 24, 130
South Korea 263
Soviet Union 29, 75, 212, 225, 299
Sri Lanka 38, 217
St. Anthony’s College, Oxford 23
St. Hugh’s College, Oxford 18, 25, 185, 189, 190–200, 298
State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) see military regime
State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) see military regime
Steinberg, David 91, 310–11
Storey, David 155
Supayalat, Queen 7, 98
Suu Kyi see Aung San Suu Kyi
Suzuki, Keiji 10, 12
Syriam oil refinery bombings 154
System of Correlation of Man and his Environment 202–3
Tagore, Rabindranath 90, 181, 187, 188
“Walk Alone” 291–2
Taliban 18
Tass (Soviet news agency) 75
Tatmadaw see Burmese Army
Taunggyi 108
Taylor, Robert 257
Tenasserim 11, 101
Thailand 11, 47, 163, 263, 273, 276, 337, 351, 372, 374, 383
tourism 317, 323
Thakin Tin Mya 50, 51
Thakins 9, 10
Thamanya 311–14, 351
Than É, Dora 198–9, 203, 210–11, 214, 215, 216, 218
Than Han, Lieutenant Colonel 353
Than Shwe 39, 301–4, 306
assassination plot on Suu Kyi 349, 359, 361
assassination plot failure 361–2, 364
brings down Khin Nyunt 365
concocts constitutional scheme 371–2, 378, 383
creates USDA 303, 324, 350
engineers rigged general election 368
grants permission for Suu Kyi’s family to visit 304
“leniency” over Suu Kyi’s detention extension 384
meets with Suu Kyi 305, 363
refuses Michael visa 332
rejects negotiated agreement 364, 366
removes fuel subsidy 375
rises to chairmanship of SLORC 301, 302, 310
suppresses monk’s Peace March 379
Than Tun (Communist Party leader) 86, 95, 177, 201–2
Than Tun, Brigadier General
imprisonment 365
liases with Suu Kyi 345, 361, 364, 365
Thant Myint-U 3, 213, 214, 225, 227, 228–9, 390
Tharana Gon sutra 100–1
thathanabaing (senior monk) 8
Thaung Htun 279
Thein Swe, Brigadier 340, 365
Theravada Buddhism 52, 87, 195, 217, 373
Thibaw, King 7, 8, 89
Thich Nhat Hanh 388
Thingyan (water festival) 31, 121
slogan competition 132–5
“Thirty Comrades” 10, 166, 229, 286
Tibet 23, 89, 207, 208, 209, 221, 385
Tibetan and Himalayan Studies Center, Oxford 331
Tibetan Buddhism 217
Time magazine 386
Times, The xv, 325, 396
Tin Aung Hein, U 51, 57
Tin Maung Win, U 393
Tin Oo, U 66–8, 68–9, 70, 74, 96, 134, 250, 308, 352
arrest and imprisonment 245, 261
Clements’ visit 317
and creation of NLD 84–5
Depayin attack 357
first meeting with Suu Kyi 67–8
meditation practice 295
Tin Pe (“Red Brigadier’) 202, 203, 226
Tin Tin 168, 172, 174, 176, 189, 200–1, 208
Tin Tun Oo, Dr. 366
Tinker, Hugh 205
Tokyo 10, 11, 12, 38, 239, 326
Trager, Frank 210, 211
Trickett, Rachel 298
Tutu, Desmond 297
U Nu 40, 49, 147, 157, 166, 169, 172, 176–7, 178, 213, 264
attacks Khrushchev 225
denounces Ne Win at UN 225–6
house arrest 262
legitimacy through association with Aung San 284
“prime minister” claim 64
release from detention 303
U Ottama 8, 10
U Thant 98, 212
funeral fiasco 41, 224–5, 226, 227–9, 388
illness and death 224
New York home 214
saves Burmese-Soviet relationship 225
as Secretary General of United Nations 3, 18, 204, 211, 212, 213, 214–15, 253
U Vinaya 311, 351
UK see Britain
Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) xiii, xiv, xv, 350, 369
Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) 303, 350–1, 352
attacks and intimidation 324–5, 351
creation 303, 324, 350
Depayin massacre 353, 356–9
United Nationalities League for Democracy (UNLD) 268
United Nationals Democratic Party 268
United Nations 18, 30, 41, 150, 198, 210, 211, 212, 213, 216, 217, 222, 224, 225, 253, 367, 382
Declaration of Human Rights 253
General Assembly 215, 224
United States 175, 204, 212, 213, 307, 320, 346, 357, 370, 390
Burma relations 308
Burmese fear of 130
election monitor offers rebuffed 262
moral pressure 303
sanctions tightened against Burma 360
withdraws aid to Burma 80
US Campaign for Burma 323
US Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Human Rights 361–2
Vaillancourt, Josette 206
Vietnam War 29, 130, 213, 381
vipassana meditation 137, 255
Visit Myanmar Year (1996) 317, 338, 339
Vivekananda, Swami 90
Voice, The 364
Warnock, Mary 194–5
Webb, Jim 384
Weber, Max 287
Wilson, Harold 189
Win Htein, U 136
Win Khut, U 93
Win Sein, U 352
Win Thein 105, 109, 123–4, 125, 132
Win Tin, U 49–50, 54, 55, 85, 115, 146, 151
arrest and imprisonment 153, 249–50
founding member of NLD 85, 115
support for tourism 323
Wintle, Justin 3, 4, 236, 395
Wordsworth, Elizabeth 192
Working People’s Daily 60, 77, 98, 100, 303
Wunna Maung 352, 353, 357–8
Xiamen (Amoy) 10
Yaydashe 113
Ye Htut, Colonel 269
Yettaw, John William 381–4
Young Men’s Buddhist Association (YMBA) 8
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