Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-234) and index.
1. Rangoon : end of strife -- 2. Bombs, barricades, and the urban battlefield -- 3. Darker than midnight : fear, vulnerability, and terror-making -- 4. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar -- 5. The veneer of modernity -- 6. The veneer of conformity -- 7. The tension of absurdity -- 8. Fragments of misery : the people of the new fields -- 9. The forest of time -- 10. Going to sleep with karaoke culture