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Not to mention the original British embarrassment, who scuttled out of Burma after hastily granting independence without creating a separate Karen state, as promised for all the help the Karen gave them in governing the country for decades.
(As you may guess this double cross does not appear in many British history books ! )

True but the subject certainly appears in mine although it was a little to recent for most history books!

A little potted history can be found at http://www.geographia.com/myanmar/