U Thant
Individual Documents
| Title: | | Building a Nation |
| Date of publication: | | February 1958 |
| Description/subject: | | "Today a whole new nation is being built in Burma — politically, socially, and economically. Part of the task is physical: to repair war damage and create enough industrial capacity to improve living standards and make out country self-sustaining; an even greater part is social and psychological: to educate a people long held down by colonialism in the ways of democracy and self-development. Because there is very little private capital in Burma, the major responsibility has inevitably fallen upon the Government. Its greatest efforts are now being applied to such fields as these..." |
| Author/creator: | | U Thant |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | The Atlantic |
| Format/size: | | pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 15 November 2008 |
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