Robert Carver, THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT “…endlessly fascinating and well–informed on this little–known region of Asia… The most unusual and distinguished travel book I have read in years.” From the Publisher Ten years ago, Oxford–educated American Shelby Tucker, aged 53, trekked from China to India through the forbidden jungle hill country of northern Burma—a besieged but splendid land and one of the few places remaining on earth to be explored. Along the way, Tucker was detained by Communist rebels, handed over to Kachin rebels, and arrested by the Indian Army. Despite pain and constant danger, Tucker recorded each day the beauty of the country and the hospitality of the Kachins. More than a thrilling travel book, this is a fascinating account of Burma’s fifty–year–old civil war and the narcotics trade that fuels it. About the Author Shelby Tucker is an experienced traveler who has addressed the US National Security Council on Burma and lectured on the Kachins and the Civil War in Burma at SOAS (University of London), the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and elsewhere. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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