Dr Maung Maung : : Gentleman, Scholar, Patriot / / Robert H. Taylor.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Taylor, Robert H.,
• MitwirkendeR: Taylor, Robert H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (608 p.)

Dr Maung Maung (1925-94) was a man of many parts: scholar, soldier, nationalist, internationalist, parliamentarian, and public servant. His life spanned seven decades of political, economic and social turbulence in the country he loved and served, Myanmar. A pioneer amongst post-colonial journalists in Southeast Asia, he was equally at home in the libraries and seminars of universities in the United States, Europe and Australia during the Cold War. As a jurist, Dr Maung Maung knew the law must remain relevant to changing societal requirements. As an author, he wrote weighty scholarly tomes and light-hearted accounts spiced with his wry observations on human foibles. He was a keen observer of human strengths and weaknesses. A loyal friend, he never maligned his critics or denied their merits. As a man of affairs, he was capable of understanding the weaknesses of the institutions that he served and that ultimately failed to live up to their ideals. This book collects together a number of his now obscure but important historical and journalistic essays with a full bibliography of his works.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Section I. Dr Maung Maung: The Life of a Patriot -- Section II. Dr Maung Maung’s Approach to Life -- Section III. Dr Maung Maung and Biography -- Section IV. Dr Maung Maung and Travel -- Section V. Dr Maung Maung and the Tatmadaw -- Section VI. Dr Maung Maung and the Constitutions of Myanmar -- Section VII. Dr Maung Maung and the Presidency -- Bibliography of Dr Maung Maung’s Writings -- Index -- The Editor