From Dictatorship to Democracy (FDTD) was written in 1993 at the request of a prominent exiled Burmese democrat, Tin Maung Win, who was then editor of Khit Pyaing (The New Era Journal), in Bangkok, Thailand.[7]:87–8 The book took several months to write as the author drew upon several decades of experience in scholarship on nonviolent action.[7]:87[8] FDTD was first published in 1993 as installments in Burmese and English in Khit Pyaing.