Wendy Law Yone was just fifteen when Burma s military staged a coup and overthrew the civilian government in 1962 The daughter of Ed Law Yone the daredevil founder and chief editor of The Nation Burma s leading postwar English language newspaper she experienced firsthand the perils and promises of a newly independent Burma On the eve of Wendy s studies abroad Ed Law Yone was arrested and The Nation shut down Wendy herself was briefly imprisoned After his release Ed fled to Thailand with his family where he formed a government in exile and tried unsuccessfully to foment a revolution Exiled to America with his wife and children Ed never gave up hope that Burma would one day adopt a new democratic government Though he died disappointed he left in his daughter s care an illuminating trove of papers documenting the experiences of an eccentric ambitious humorous and determined patriot vividly recounting the realities of colonial rule Japanese occupation postwar reconstruction and military dictatorship This memoir tells the twin histories of Law Yone s kin and his country a nation whose vicissitudes continue to intrigue the world

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