The last time Burma really mattered to the United States, Imperial Japanese forces were marching on Asia. Vinegar Joe Stillwell built a road through the Burmese jungle to resupply China during the ...
An air route known as the Hump, which passed over the Hengduan Range on the eastern fringes of the Himalayas, replaced the ...
However, there are many parts of Myanmar where the junta has been less successful. Armed resistance groups control most of ...
BATTLE LINES are changing quickly in Myanmar. Resistance forces—comprising hundreds of factions, many with competing aims—have won a series of victories over the army, which controls the government.