Thailand
The Politics of Despotic Paternalism| By: | Thak Chaloemtiarana |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780877277422 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781501721106 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2007 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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 politics, in part by rationalizing a symbiotic relationship between his own office and the Thai monarchy.