The Political Legacy of Aung San / / ed. by Josef Silverstein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• HerausgeberIn: Silverstein, Josef,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: Revised Edition
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (169 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Editor's Preface --; Introduction --; Document 1: Blue Print for Burma --; Document 2: Defence of Burma, January 30,1945 --; Document 3: Major General Aung San Pledges to Fight for Country --; Document 4: Letter from Aung San to Supreme Allied Commander Regarding Conversion of BNA to Burma Army --; Document 5: Memorandum on the Proposed Reorganization of Burma Patriotic Forces --; Document 6: Agreed Conclusions Reached Between the Supreme Allied Commander, SEA, and Major General Aung San at a Meeting at HQ SEAC, Kandy, on Friday, 7th September 1945 --; Document 7: Exchange of Letters Between Adm. Mountbatten and General Aung San --; Document 8: Statement of General Aung San, Commander, PVO, May 8,1946 --; Document 9: U Aung San's Explanation of the Break Between the AFPFL and the Burma Communist Party --; Document 10: Four Speeches of U Aung San on the Aung San-Attlee Agreement of January 27,1947 --; Document 11: U Aung San's Appeal to Pay Land Revenue, Rent, and Agricultural Loans --; Document 12: U Aung San's Burmese New Year's Day Speech, April 17,1947, following AFPFL Victory in the Constituent Assembly Election --; Document 13: The Fourteen Points --; Document 14: Summary and Quotations from Aung San's Concluding Speech to AFPFL Convention, May 23,1947 --; Document 15: Bogyoke's Seven Points --; Document 16: Burma's Challenge
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501718953; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501718953
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Josef Silverstein.

This work compiles selected speeches, letters, and statements by the father of Burmese independence, Aung San. The editor's introduction offers an overview of this remarkable man's life, thought, and achievements. The documents included here provide insight into the politics of Aung San—an eminently pragmatic leader focused on attaining both national unity and social harmony—through his own words.