BOOKS - Thailand: The Politics of Despotic Paternalism
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Thailand: The Politics of Despotic Paternalism
Author: Thak Chaloemtiarana
Year: January 1, 1979
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 49 MB
Language: English
Year: January 1, 1979
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 49 MB
Language: English
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 politics, in part by rationalizing a symbiotic relationship between his own office and the Thai monarchy.
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