000 00891cam a2200145 4500
020 _a1891936190 (hbk.):
_c44.95 USD
100 1 _aSELTH Andrew
245 0 _aBurma's armed forces:
_bpower without glory
260 _aNorwalk, Conn. USA:
_bEastbridge,
_c2002
300 _a371p.
520 3 _aVery detailed study of Burma's military (the Tatmadaw). Covers defence policies and threat perceptions, force structure and organisation, recruitment, training, doctrine, military intelligence, and defence economics. There are chapters on the army, navy and airforce and in each case these cover the periods before and after the SLORC seized power in 1988 as well as a discussion of the situation in 2000. Appendix 1 gives Burma's order of battle, Appendix 2 Burma's defence budget. Index and bibliography.
650 _aBURMA
_xARMED FORCES
650 _aBURMA
_xDEFENCE POLICY
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