Here are some books that I wish to recommend to new students of Myanmar history.
1. The Glass Palace Chronicle (U Pe Maung Tin and Professor G.H. Luce)
2. Burma (D.G.E Hall - publisher: Hutchinson University Press, London) - comments - a good scholarly work but a little biased.
3. Mahayazawingyi - by U Maung Maung Tin (publisher: Yadanamon Press, Fourth Printing, 1989. In Burmese language) - comments - one of the best in the Burmese language written by a Myanmar citizen with a Myanmar viewpoint.
4. Mahayazawin - by U Kala
5. The River of Lost Footsteps by Thant Myint-U (publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
comments - one of the few scholarly works on Myanmar history written by a Myanmar author with excellent access to good sources; in some places the author sounds like a foreigner rather than a Myanmar person.
6. Rajadhamma Thingaha Kyan by Maung Tin (publisher: Sabei Oo Press, Second Printing, 1983) - comments - the one and only book on Myanmar political theory and philosophy written by Yawmingyi U Pho Hlaing who acted as Myanmar's de facto Foreign Affairs Minister during the reign of King Bagyidaw and served King Mindon and King Thibaw, one of the best foreign ministers in Myanmar history. A must read for foreign service officers who are serious about their careers.
Note: This list is not comprehensive. Enjoy!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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