"This book examines the decade of missed opportunities in Myanmar between 2011 and 2021 as it came closer to peace than ever before. The regime liberalized, held mostly free and fair elections, reached a national ceasefire agreement with armed groups, and began a multilateral peace dialogue with ethnic minorities. Yet little was achieved. 'Winning by process,' as opposed to winning by war or by agreement, represents the state's ability to gain advantage...

Evil comes in many forms. In Myanmar, it manifests in the casual racism and Islamophobia of influential, charismatic Burmese Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu. Through interviews with journalists and community leaders who protest against Wirathu's views, activist footage of Rohingya persecutions, and through powerful storytelling, director Barbet Schroeder slowly builds his case. Perhaps most damning of all are the interviews with the man himself; couching...