title: The Rebel of Rangoon: A Tale of Defiance and Deliverance in Burma
author: Delphine Schrank
description: "A dogged journalist penetrates the deeply secretive dissident underground in Burma's police state in this compelling look into a traumatized society in flux...Schrank displays an elegant style and determined journalist's diligence. A remarkable chronicle of a multigenerational struggle in Burma bringing about important change." <i>--Kirkus, Starred Review</i><br /><br />"This deeply researched book peels back a corner of the hidden world of Burmese dissidents who work for the cause championed by Aung San Suu Kyi, the leading figure in Burma's decades-long struggle for democracy. Schrank, the Washington Post's former Burma correspondent, delves deeply into the world of an activist she calls Nway, who ascends the ranks of Burma's dissident party, the National League for Democracy, as a young man.... Her admiration for the people involved in the worthy struggle remains clear throughout." <i>--Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br />"Delphine Schrank has written an extraordinary book. It is the chronicle of an individual, and through him a chronicle of the experience of Burmese resistance to oppression in our time. Schrank is a brave and dedicated journalist who has witnessed first hand the experience she narrates, and who has an uncanny ability to convey this experience via language both simple and powerful. At the same time, her book is laced with the kind of serious political analysis characteristic of the best political science. Finally, it is also a brilliant account of a more universal experience of insubordination-refusal of subordination-and empowerment that brings to mind Albert Camus's <i>The Rebel</i>. <i>The Rebel of Rangoon</i> is a terrific book that must be read to be believed. Read it." --Jeffrey C. Isaac, James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science Indiana University, Bloomington<br /><br />"<i>The Rebel of Rangoon</i> is the remarkable odyssey of unseen heroes in the struggle to build democracy out of Burma's shadows and darkness. Delphine Schrank writes with passion and sensitivity about the quest for liberty in a time of tyranny. The story is inspiring yet agonizing; the characters unforgettable; the dream noble-and yet so painfully incomplete." --David E. Hoffman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <i>The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy</i><br /><br />"Remarkable...What Ms Schrank has written, however, is not a conventional journalist's lament about an appalling regime. It reads like a novel.... a massive and meticulous feat of reporting." --<i>The Economist</i><br /><br />"This story of passion and sacrifice in the country also known as Burma is a fine companion piece to the politicking now in full swing there, on the threshold of what many hope will be the freest election for more than half a century. Schrank's tale of the opposition underground during the decades of dictatorship is an insight into the forces shaping this Southeast Asian state - and, indeed, into others making the tough transition from authoritarian rule." --<i>Financial Times</i><br /><br />"Gripping...When so much attention devoted to Myanmar is concentrated at the geopolitical level, it is refreshing to have a book that zeroes in on the grassroots...Schrank captures the white-knuckle immediacy of life in the shadows...Her tale could be called cinematic if it wasn't so disturbingly real, and contemporary, in its portrayal of what happens if you get caught...Superb and timely." --<i>The Guardian</i><br /><br />"A very human look into the inhumanities of a regime that has made a habit of shooting student protesters and jailing human-rights advocates." --<i>Wall Street Journal</i><br /><br /><br />"An intrepid exploration... In chronicling the political coming-of-age of Nway and his comrades against the backdrop of NLD party politics, <i>The Rebel of Rangoon</i> serves as a timely primer on the party's often-heroic struggles through the years to the current transitional period... Schrank makes a valuable contribution to the literature of pro-democratic resistance in Burma." --<i>Washington Post</i><br /><br />"An evocative reminder of how much has been achieved over five tumultuous years, and how far Myanmar has to go." --<i>New York Review of Books</i>
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  [Chapter 1: A New Career.  
  
  
    
  [Chapter 2: The Outbreak of War.  
  
  
    
  [Chapter 3: A Prisoner.  
  
  
    
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  [Chapter 17: The Pride Of Burma Humbled.  
  
  
    
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