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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The transition from dictatorship to democracy in Myanmar helped spark anti-Muslim violence during the summer of 2012.
Chapter 3: Extremists exploited new freedoms to target the Rohingya.
Chapter 4: Anti-Muslim violence spread across Myanmar after June 2012.
Chapter 5: British imperial policies in Myanmar laid the early groundwork for anti-Muslim resentment.
Chapter 6: Myanmar’s dictatorship aimed to unify the nation by any means necessary.
Chapter 7: The military regime deeply distrusted Myanmar’s history of fluid, shifting ethnic identities.
Chapter 8: The dictatorship removed the Rohingya from its index of national races.
Chapter 9: Resettling Buddhists was central to a plan to change Rakhine State’s demographics.
Chapter 10: The pro-democracy movement declined to take the side of the Rohingya.
Description
Myanmar’s Enemy Within (2017) examines a shocking outburst of violence against an ethnic minority – the Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar. Beginning with an account of the events of 2012 and 2013, these blinks work their way back to explain the historical context of anti-Muslim resentment in the country. Along the way, they explore the legacies of British colonialism, the rise of nationalism, and the country’s troubled transition to democracy.
Who Should Listen
- History buffs
- News addicts who want to dig deeper
- Anyone interested in contemporary Asian politics