These writings by and about my wife Suu were assembled by me in the first fortnight of my second year as Visiting Professor at Harvard University. My colleagues and students have been most indulgent when the project, unconnected with my official duties, intruded into their proper concerns during a very busy time of the academic year. I am most grateful for the moral and practical support they all gave me. I also wish to thank the many friends and colleagues in Oxford and London who encouraged me to plan the book last summer. I am indebted to the four contributors to Part Three who worked to a tight schedule without complaint. Above all, my family in England gave me their most unstinting support, not only in the present task but in the more general one of coping with the personal effect of Burma’s long crisis. Suu and I are blessed with two young sons, Alexander and Kim, who have witnessed and participated in much of the crisis with cool heads and a complete understanding of the role their mother has had to take. They shared in producing this book in many ways.