Books: A train journey through Myanmar's violent history

Railways highlight colonial origins and emergence of forced labor and military brutality

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Clare Hammond's debut book excavates often troubling facets of Myanmar's history that have gone unrecorded. (Source photos Penguin, Libby Burke Wilde)

FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writer

For more than three years, wartime atrocities in Myanmar have been in plain sight for anyone willing to look. As pro-democracy and ethnic resistance groups fight against the military junta that seized power in 2021, civilians have inevitably been caught in the crossfire.

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