Rangoon 1941
Samuels, S. Kella
Rangoon, prior to World War II, was known as the "Pearl of the Orient, " with its golden pagodas, well-planned streets, fine university, and bucolic suburbs. The war and its tumultuous aftermath would leave Burma scarred and devastated, led by men who eventually marched the country into isolation and ruin. Through the characters in Rangoon 1941 you will meet the people and events that created Burma as a British colonial outpost with a diverse ...