The Voice of Hope

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ISBN-10 1583228454
ISBN-13 978-1-58322-845-6
Publication Date Apr 2008
Nb of pages 336
Illustrations 13
Illustration type Photographs
Dimensions 6 x 9 in.

Description

Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Prize Laureate, mother of two, and devout Buddhist, is one of the most inspiring examples of spiritually infused politics and fearless leadership that the world has ever seen. Daughter of the martyred Burmese national hero who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in the 1940s, Aung San Suu Kyi led the pro-democracy movement in Burma in 1988. The movement was quickly and brutally crushed by the military junta, and Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest.

The Voice of Hope is a rare and intimate journey to the heart of her struggle. Over a period of nine months, Alan Clements, the first American ordained as a Buddhist monk in Burma, met with Aung San Suu Kyi shortly after her release from her first house arrest in July 1995. With her trademark ability to speak directly and compellingly, she presents here her vision of engaged compassion and describes how she has managed to sustain her hope and optimism.

"Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is still strong, powerful and remains as the leader of the people of Burma in their 'revolution of the spirit.' The Voice of Hope is a portrait of her, painted with her spiritual strength. It is one of the best documents to prove that she is the real future of Burma."
    -Aung Din,  a former political prisoner and executive director of the US Campaign for Burma

Click here to download and read the preface, introduction and an excerpt and additional materials not included in the book.
Burma's Revolution of the Spirit:


Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, Michael Stipe of R.E.M.:


Tribute to Aung San Suu Kyi from U2's 360 Tour, Barcelona, July 2009


Alan Clements on the Burmese AIDS crisis:


Excerpt


Reviews

Press Reviews

Foreign Policy Journal
Alan Clements has presented us a manual for life that crudely tells that the developed and most powerful leaders on the planet to stop waiting idly by for a miracle to occur without hard work. This book is the catapult that will launch individuals into taking immediate action.
- David Calleja

New York Times Book Review
Dec 10, 2007
The dialogues [in The Voice of Hope] express Aung San Suu Kyi’s humor, erudition, wisdom and accessibility, and demonstrate why she has become a world spiritual leader.



Experts

Aung San Suu Kyi is a remarkable and courageous human being. Listen to her voice and be inspired.
-Desmond Tutu , Dec 10, 2007

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