Burma: A Nation at the Crossroads
Rider Books, $32.95 pb, 304 pp, 9781846043468
Burma: A Nation at the Crossroads by Benedict Rogers
Too often foreign affairs seem the realm of tedious diplomacy, impenetrable acronyms, and cynical realpolitik. So it comes as a relief to Western governments and voters if they can from time to time adopt a stance that places them on the side of the angels. Helping transform bad régimes into good, as in Burma, offers such an opportunity, and activist and author Benedict Rogers’ book is very much a tract for these times – explicitly informed, he tells us, by a moral framework.
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