Beneath the war helmet : civil-military relations through the eyes of the Tatmadaw

• Main Author: Swan, Ye Tun
• Other Authors: -
• Format: Thesis-Master by Coursework
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions::Asia; Social sciences::Military and naval science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138682
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The history of Myanmar’s civil-military relations could only be described as adversarial. Since the country achieved independence from Britain in 1948, civil war, foreign incursions, and political instability caused the Armed Forces to be the most dominant institution in the country from 1961 to 201...