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I was in Myanmar this past Fall. I love the country.


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Voice of Hope Conversations with Alan Clements Aung San Suu Kyi Alan Clements Books Reviews

I have been intrigued with the situation in Burma since watching the movie Beyond Rangoon some time ago. It was therefore with great interest that I ordered this book as soon as it was available. In "The Voice of Hope" Alan Clements brings us into the present with this tragic situation through the person of Aung San Suu Kyi and her incredible life. But what sets this work apart from histories, biographies, and oddly enough even self-help material - is the powerful integration of beliefs and action found in Aung San Suu Kyi's life and philosophy. In reading chapter seven alone, ("Saints are Sinners who go on trying") I was personally and deeply moved by the clear connectedness described between her experience with a repressive government and the need for thinking people everywhere to courageously fulfil our potential as thinking, "questing" individuals. The repressive government in Burma is shown to be an extreme and yet still relevant metaphor for intellectual repression in all its forms. And Aung San Suu Kyi's message offers specific insight together with believable emotional support for those who struggle to reconcile what we discover and know through our own searching with what we are expected to believe by others. If it helps anyone who is deciding whether this book is worth the money - I can only say that as one who buys and reads more than 100 books a year - this book has earned a unique place in my library and in my heart. I would trade every other book I have read this year for Alan Clements' latest contribution. Thank you.
In this book, as in "Freedom from Fear" and "Letters from Burma", Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi exposes to the world the grim realities of her land and her people, seen through her very eyes. As always, she is able to jump with great ability from more personal and sentimental accounts of the situation, to hard data, from recollections of her childhood, to perspectives on Burma's future. Always filled with thrill and dense with emotions, her writings are for the expert and the ignorant alike, easy to understand, yet of high value historically and academically. For anyone wishing to know more about Burma and the struggle of her people for human rights, this is must reading.
VOICE OF HOPE is composed of interviews, primarily with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, but also with her colleagues U Kyi Myaung and U Tin U from the National League for Democracy. The interviews were all done in the early years after their release from house arrest and prison. It is wonderful to hear their voices. DASSK is of course inspirational. I'd never heard of her compatriots before - and I think everyone would be struck by their innate gentleness, compassion and insight. If only the SLORC (the military-ruled government of Myanmar) would read and take seriously these accounts. They have nothing to fear from these patriots. In fact, as they each tell us, they harbor no ill will towards their persecutors - they are working for democracy for the good of all, including the SLORC. Remarkable and inspiring way of peace and reconciliation. I hope democracy comes soon to Burma.
a super woman that has stayed strong with her beliefs..her ideals. ..showing the rest of the world how to deal with problems without violence to hopefully rescue her beloved country
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I LOVE THIS BOOK! Had to read it for one of my classes, but I finished it in a day because it was so fascinating. Aung San Suu Kyi is an incredible woman with great insight into what makes us all human.
The writer is a personal friend of ours, and has devoted his life to helping the people of Myanmar (Burma) achieve political freedom from the brutal dictatorship the country has been suffering under for the last twenty two years. Buying this book supports that work, and we all appreciate your doing so. Aloha, Tim Mann...........
I was in Myanmar this past Fall. I love the country.