Freedom from fear : [electronic resource] and other writings / Aung San Suu Kyi ; foreword by Václav Havel ; edited with an introduction by Michael Aris.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. The inheritance: My father ; My country and people ; Intellectual life in Burma and India under colonialism ; Literature and nationalism of Burma -- pt. 2. The struggle: In quest of democracy ; Freedom from fear ; The true meaning of boh ; The first initiative ; Speech to a mass rally at the Shwedagon Pagoda ; The objectives ; In the eye of the revolution ; Two letters to Amnesty International ; Letter to the ambassadors ; The role of the citizen in the struggle for democracy ; Battle royal ; Open letter to the UN Commission on Human Rights ; Dust and sweat ; The need for solidarity among ethnic groups ; The people want freedom ; The agreement to stand for election ; The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize -- pt. 3. Appreciations: A flowering of the spirit : memories of Suu and her family / Ma Than E ; Suu Burmese / Ann Pasternak Slater ; Aung San Suu Kyi : is she Burma's woman of destiny? / Josef Silverstein ; Aung San Suu Kyi and the peaceful struggle for human rights in Burma / Philip Kreager.