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In 1958, Marshal Sarit Thanarat became prime minister of Thailand following a bloodless coup. This book offers a comprehensive study of Sarit's paternalistic, militaristic regime, which laid the foundations for Thailand's support of the US military campaign in Southeast Asia. The analysis documents the ways in which Sarit shaped modern Thai...

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Thailand The Politics of Despotic Paternalism

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/2007
      ISBN13: 9780877277729, 978-0877277729
      ISBN10: 0877277729

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In 1958, Marshal Sarit Thanarat became prime minister of Thailand following a bloodless coup. This book offers a comprehensive study of Sarit's paternalistic, militaristic regime, which laid the foundations for Thailand's support of the US military campaign in Southeast Asia. The analysis documents the ways in which Sarit shaped modern Thai...

      Trade Review

      This book was written more than thirty years ago and has recently been reissued—In some ways this book is more relevant in the light of recent events.

      * Asian Affairs *

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