Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the world's most famous freedom fighters and Burma's hope for freedom. She is a non-violent pro-democracy activist who has battled courageously for Burma's democracy without any thought for her own safety since 1988. One of her most famous speeches begins 'It is not power that corrupts, but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it.' Read the true story of Aung San Suu Kyi's struggle for democracy in Modern Freedom Fighters along with inspirational accounts of many other real-life heroes fighting for liberty.
Contents:
Geirge Gapon, The Suffragettes, Sun Yat-Sen, The Russian Revolution: Lenin and Trotsky, The Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, Tan Malaka, Mahatma Gandhi, Ho Chi Minh, French Resistance, The Cuban Revolution: Castro and Che, Jomo Kenyatta, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Aung San Suu Kyi.