PART ONE Prelude to Prominence 1
One SATURDAY＇S CHILD 3
Two NATIONALIST EMERGENT 11
Three THE 1936 STUDENTS＇STRIKE 20
Four POLITICAL APPRENTICE 26
Five UNDER THE JAPANESE 35
Six A NEW LEADER 47
PART TWO The Man and His Beliefs 59
Seven A REMARKABLE BUDDHIST 61
Eight A POLITICAL MIND 72
PART THREE Premier Nu 85
Nine GAINING INDEPENDENCE 87
Ten FACING THE REBELLIONS 95
Eleven ＂TOWARDS A WELFARE STATE＂ 109
Twelve LEADER OF THE GOVERNMENT 127
Thirteen POLITICAL LEADERSHIP 146
Fourteen A PARTING OF THE WAYS 157
Fifteen WORLD FIGURE 171
PART FOUR End of an Era 197
Sixteen THE FIRST COUP 197
Seventeen THE COMEBACK 209
Eighteen A SECOND CHANCE 224
Nineteen EXIT？ 242
NOTES 251
BIBLIOGRAPHY 279
INDEX 293