Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-393) and index.

Burmese nationalism and the path to independence The leaky derelict The trial of the "Burma surgeon" The Kuomintang embarrassment China, communists, and other insurgents Changing course on the Kuomintang The neutrality conundrum The China border, a "polite coup," and return to democratic government The U Nu interregnum Ne Win's way to socialism The relationship stabilizes The narcotics era Revolt The thaw Appendix : US ambassadors and chargés d'affaires appointed to Burma.

"In 2012, Barack Obama became the first US president ever to visit Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. This official state visit marked a new period in the long and sinuous diplomatic relationship between the United States and Burma/Myanmar, which Kenton Clymer examines in A Delicate Relationship. From the challenges of decolonization and heightened nationalist activities that emerged in the wake of World War II, to the Cold War concern with domino states, to the rise of human rights policy in the 1980s and beyond, Clymer demonstrates how Burma/Myanmar has fit into the broad patterns of US foreign policy and yet has never been fully integrated into diplomatic efforts in the region of Southeast Asia"

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