On 2 March 1962, Ne Win again seized power in a coup d'état. He became head of state as Chairman of the Union Revolutionary Council and also Prime Minister. The coup was …

However, on March 2, 1962, Ne Win carried out a coup d’état, imprisoning U Nu and establishing the Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma, whose members were drawn almost …

Aung Thwin & Aung Thwin argue that Ne Win possessed political legitimacy founded in Burmese culture and history, which enabled him to seize power in the 1962 coup. Ne Win's political …

In 1962 General Ne Win led a coup abolishing the constitution and establishing a xenophobic military government with socialist economic priorities. The Myanmar Socialist Program party …

Mar 29, 2016 · The 1962 coup saw the military’s Union Revolutionary Council headed by Gen Ne Win replace Prime Minister U Nu’s Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League government and …

Jan 8, 2015 · Ne Win, who ruled until he was himself overthrown in 1988, embodied this schizophrenic mixture of disparate political theories and religious convictions.

The first coup d’etat by General Ne Win in 1958 had the approval of U Nu and therefore the “caretaker government” of Ne Win had the support of many civil administrators and civil …

Ne Win, the socialist military dictator who was behind the 1962 coup also was the mastermind of "the Burmese Way to Socialism." The catastrophic program accelerated the process of turning …

Jul 11, 2016 · General Ne Win is an excellent, comprehensive and voluminous book which clearly illuminates the largely unknown life of one of the most enigmatic and controversial leaders of …

Dec 5, 2002 · Following elections, a second U Nu government came to grief on 1 March 1962 when Ne Win staged a successful coup and arrested the former Prime Minister. Justifying his …