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Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar. By Matthew J. Walton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. xv, 226 pp. ISBN: 9781107155695 (cloth, also available in paper and as e-book).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2018

Jacques P. Leider
Jacques P. Leider*
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Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, Yangon
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jacques.leider@efeo.net
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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia
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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 77 , Issue 3 , August 2018 , pp. 846 - 849
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