Contents

pp v-vi

Foreword

pp vii-x

In Memorium

pp xi-xii

Preface

pp xiii-xvi

Acknowledgements

pp xvii-xviii

PART ONE - AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION

pp 1-2

1 - A Native of the Shan Hills

pp 3-44

PART TWO - SHAN-BURMESE RELATIONS

pp 45-46

2 - An Overview of Shan-Burmese Relations

pp 47-61

3 - The Development of Shan-Burmese Relations

pp 62-90

4 - Shan-Burmese Relations from 1948

pp 91-142

PART THREE - WHO'S WHO IN SHAN STATE POLITICS

pp 143-144

5 - Historical and Political Personalities (A Personal Perspective)

pp 145-236

APPENDICES

pp 237-238

Appendix I - Historic Decisions and Agreements Prior to Independence

pp 239-245

Appendix II - Shan Proposals to Terminate the Opium Trade in the Shan State

pp 246-248

Appendix III - Notes on the Film, Opium Warlords

pp 249-252

Abbreviations

pp 253-254

Glossary

pp 255-256

Bibliography

pp 257-260

Index

pp 261-276

The Author

pp 277-277