Author: Oliver Slow
On the first day of February 2021, Myanmar’s military grabbed power in a coup d’etat, ending a decade of reforms that were supposed to break the shackles of military rule in Myanmar.
Protests across the country were met with a brutal crackdown that shocked the world but was a familiar response from an institution that has ruled the country with violence and terror for decades.
“Return of the Junta” is a detailed account of the ways that Myanmar’s military has maintained control over its people despite a decade of supposed reform.
Oliver Slow explores the measures the military has used to keep hold of power.
