Ⅰ INTRODUCTION 1
Ⅱ THE FORMATIVE PERIOD —1948-1953 40
Ⅲ “POSITIVE NEUTRALISM”—1954-1958 77
Ⅳ POLITICAL MALAISE—AND ITS AFTERMATH,1958-1962 116
Ⅴ BURMA'S RELATIONS WITH COMMUNIST CHINA 158
Ⅵ BURMA'S PARTICIPATION IN THE UNITED NATIONS 201
Ⅶ AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS—AN EVALUATION 239
Ⅷ NEUTRALISM: VIABLE POLICY OR FATAL TRAP? 276
APPENDIXES 303
Ⅰ BURMA RESEARCH PROJECT PAPERS 303
Ⅱ SINO-BURMAN BORDER TREATY AND NON-AGGRESSION TREATY 305
Ⅲ “A HARD LOOK AT MR. TENDER,” BY U LAW YONE 309
Ⅳ THE BURMESE WAY TO SOCIALISM （MANIFESTO OF BURMA REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL: RANGOON, APRIL 30, 1962） 313
NOTES 318
INDEX 335