My review of David Steinberg that Amazon declined to post--

Thank you for submitting a customer review.

Thank you for submitting a customer review on Amazon. After carefully reviewing your submission, your review could not be posted to the website. While we appreciate your time and comments, reviews must adhere to the following guidelines:
http://www.amazon.com/review-guidelines

from on March 22, 2019 Have given my book away-- Learned nothing new from this book. I flipped through a free copy that he unwillingly gave me at one of events he planned. David Steinberg, by his own admission, does not have an earned Ph.D., only an honorary one. It shows in way he flips from one remark to another. For instance, he defended forced labor in Burma by saying it was corvee labor. Does calling it by its French name makes it any less bad. I saw him often on the Burma democracy circuit 2001-2012. Was on panel at E-W Center with him after Cyclone Nargis. Could never tell which side he was on. A lot of flim flam. Unbecoming in an 80+ old white man. In Gottenberg, in 2001 or 2002, I co-produced a panel with him on Burma, at his request, sponsored by Burma Studies Center. His childishness became evident. When Aung Zaw, one of my pro-democracy panelists, well-known and well-regarded editor of Chiangmai-based Irrawaddy Magazine, at the time read by many US politicians, walked into the room late, I whispered to Steinberg, "Ko Aung Zaw just walked in." He grabbed the mike away from me saying, "Enough of your people." Did not even give me time to wrap up on behalf of my panelists. That's what kind of man, so-called scholar he is. He found fault with us for being Activists also. As if one cannot be both. Don't buy his book, it is useless. To Amazon, if you wish to be "unable to post this" it does not matter--it will just mean you are biased against the Truth. Save paper and your money, don't buy it. For the record I am a Burmese-born woman who has been studying Burma my whole life, my Ph.D. in Political Economy is from U Penn. I worked with the DC-based Burmese Democratic Government in Exile from 2001-2012. I broadcast to Burma from M St for 3 years and taught Economics as a Sr Lecturer in Rangoon, Burma.

A few common issues to keep in mind: Your review should focus on specific features of the product and your experience with it. Feedback on the seller or your shipment experience should be provided at www.amazon.com/feedback. We do not allow profane or obscene content. This applies to adult products too. Advertisements, promotional material or repeated posts that make the same point excessively are considered spam. Please do not include URLs external to Amazon or personally identifiable content in your review. Any attempt to manipulate Community content or features, including contributing false, misleading, or inauthentic content, is strictly prohibited.