Area Handbook for Burma, Volume 550, Issue 61U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968 - 375 pages |
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Page iii - This volume is one of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of The American University, designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political, and military institutions and practices of various countries. The emphasis is on objective description of the nation's present society and the kinds of possible or probable changes that might be expected in the future.
Page 189 - Principles of mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit and peaceful co-existence.
Page 53 - The spinal cord is that cord or rope of nerve substance which is inclosed in the spinal column or "backbone." It leaves the lower part of the skull and extends downward in the interior of the spinal column for about eighteen inches. It is continuous with the brain, however, and it is difficult to determine where one begins and the other ends. It is composed of a mass of gray matter surrounded by a covering of white matter. From the spinal cord, along its length, emerge thirty-one pairs of spinal...
Page iii - The emphasis is on objective description of the nation's present society and the kinds of possible or probable changes that might be expected in the future. The handbook seeks to present as full and as balanced an integrated exposition as limitations on space and research time permit. It was compiled from information available in openly published material. Extensive bibliographies are provided to permit recourse to other published sources for more detailed information. There has been no attempt to...
Page iii - It was compiled from information available in openly published material. Extensive bibliographies are provided to permit recourse to other published sources for more detailed information. There has been no attempt to express any specific point of view or to make policy recommendations. The contents of the handbook represent the work of the authors and FAS and do not represent the official view of the United States Government. An effort has been made to make the handbook as comprehensive as possible....
Page 187 - We were not prompted by considerations of ... aid, education missions . . . and such other benefits likely to accrue from our membership. These things, however desirable, are immaterial. What was foremost in our minds was the expectation of United Nations assistance if our country should be subjected to aggression by a stronger power.
Page 9 - ISLANDS were discovered in 1521 by Magellan, and they were named after Philip II. of Spain. There are ten principal islands, 400 of medium size, and 800 islets, running 900 miles from north to south, and 500 miles from east to west, from lat. 5° 40' to 18° 47' N., and between the meridians of 120° and 125° E.
Page 132 - Buddhism represents a departure from the older doctrines, these primary assumptions are vital to the mechanics of Buddhist theory. Initially, the Buddhist as well as the Hindu sees the universe and all forms of life as parts of a process of eternal flux.
Page 15 - BURMA 391 from cleared hillsides and expose the bare rock. The limestone rocks of the Shan Plateau are usually covered by a thin red soil, from which the lime has been entirely leached out. The richest soils in the province are the alluvial soils of the flat Irrawaddy Delta and the broad river valleys. Excellent loamy soil is also afforded by the mixed clays and sands of the Peguan rocks, but the Irrawaddian and other sandy series give rise to extensive tracts of very light soil, almost pure sand....
Page 315 - Code prescribes the competence of the various types of courts, specifies the functions and responsibilities of judicial officials, outlines rules of evidence and regulates the conduct of preliminary proceedings and trials. Minor offenses are prosecuted by complaint, and major crimes by indictment; as there is no grand jury, the Office of the Attorney General performs this function.