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Thai Military Power

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Author : Gregory Vincent Raymond
language : en
Publisher: Nias Monographs
Release Date : 2018

Thai Military Power written by Gregory Vincent Raymond and has been published by Nias Monographs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Political Science categories.

Being at the centre of the vital Asia-Pacific region, Thailand is important. But, despite its large population and powerful military forces performing significant roles in state and society, Thailand has little military power. Why is this? Using strategic culture as an analytical framework, this book portrays the Thai state as an accommodative actor. When Western empires dominated in Asia, Thailand 'bent in the wind' to preserve its independence by a limited trading of territory and sovereignty. This policy continues today in different forms. A key feature is that military organizational culture reinforces a state ideology of royalist nationalism, in turn reinforcing the national strategic culture. Significant here is internal political acceptance not just of military domination in civil-military relations but also of the Thai military's limitations in state-on-state combat. The author finds such 'underbalancing' - not responding to threat, or responding inadequately - elsewhere in Southeast Asia, too.

The Thai Military In Politics

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Author : Kamol Somvichian
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969

The Thai Military In Politics written by Kamol Somvichian and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Civil-military relations categories.

The Thai Military

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Author : James Plyler Thompson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974

The Thai Military written by James Plyler Thompson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Thailand categories.

Infiltrating Society

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Author : Puangthong Pawakapan
language : en
Publisher: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Release Date : 2021-01-11

Infiltrating Society written by Puangthong Pawakapan and has been published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-11 with Political Science categories.

"Thai politics is driven by actors and actions of paradox such as anti-election movements for accountability or independent, partisan organizations. This lucidly written book uncovers the 'military-led civil affairs' that earn the armed forces the omnipotent role in Thai society. It enriches our understanding of the Thai military in both empirical and theoretical ways. Empirically, the book illuminates how the soldiers have been intensively involved in supposedly civic activities ranging from forest land management to poverty reduction. Such long-lasting and extensive involvement means the military could mobilize the organized mass of over 500,000 strong when necessary. Theoretically, readers will learn how an ideological discourse (“threats to national security”) has been continuously redefined to serve the military’s evolving political and rent-seeking missions from the Cold War era to the twenty-first century. It also traces the persistence and mutation of this highly adaptable organization, the one that knows when to roar and when to camouflage. Still waters run deep; Thai military operations run deeper and wider."--Veerayooth Kanchoochat, Associate Professor of Political Economy, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo “A truly monumental work about Thailand’s military from the 1960s until today, this solid study focuses upon the armed forces’ internal security role across Thai society, how the military has succeeded in legitimizing itself and boosting its power as a counterinsurgency force, guardian of monarchy and engine of development. The book also valuably looks at the military’s establishment of mass organizations beginning during the Cold War and mobilization of royalists since 2006. The book thus illustrates how the military has been able to enhance and sustain its overwhelming influence and is thus a valuable study for anyone wanting to understand key power-brokers in Thailand.”— Dr Paul Chambers, Center of ASEAN Community Studies, Naresuan University, Thailand.

In Buddha S Company

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Author : Richard A. Ruth
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2010-09-16

In Buddha S Company written by Richard A. Ruth and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-16 with History categories.

In Buddha’s Company explores a previously neglected aspect of the Vietnam War: the experiences of the Thai troops who served there and the attitudes and beliefs that motivated them to volunteer. Thailand sent nearly 40,000 volunteer soldiers to South Vietnam to serve alongside the Free World Forces in the conflict, but unlike the other foreign participants, the Thais came armed with historical and cultural knowledge of the region. Blending the methodologies of cultural and military history, Richard Ruth examines the individual experiences of Thai volunteers in their wartime encounters with American allies, South Vietnamese civilians, and Viet Cong enemies. Ruth shows how the Thais were transformed by living amongst the modern goods and war machinery of the Americans and by traversing the jungles and plantations haunted by indigenous spirits. At the same time, Ruth argues, Thailand’s ruling institutions used the image of volunteers to advance their respective agendas, especially those related to anticommunist authoritarianism. Drawing on numerous interviews with Thai veterans and archival material from Thailand and the United States, Ruth focuses on the cultural exchanges that occurred between Thai troops and their allies and enemies, presenting a Southeast Asian view of a conflict that has traditionally been studied as a Cold War event dominated by an American political agenda. The resulting study considers such diverse topics as comparative Buddhisms, alternative modernities, consumerism, celebrity, official memories vs. personal recollections, and the value of local knowledge in foreign wars. The war’s effects within Thailand itself are closely considered, demonstrating that the war against communism in Vietnam, as articulated by Thai leaders, was a popular cause among nearly all segments of the population. Furthermore, Ruth challenges previous assertions that Thailand’s forces were merely "America’s mercenaries" by presenting the multiple, overlapping motivations for volunteering offered by the soldiers themselves. In Buddha’s Company makes clear that many Thais sought direct involvement in the Vietnam War and that their participation had profound and lasting effects on the country’s political and military institutions, royal affairs, popular culture, and international relations. As one of only a handful of academic histories of Thailand in the 1960s, it provides a crucial link between the keystone studies of the Phibun-Sarit years (1946–1963) and those examining the turbulent 1970s.

Military Elite In Thai Politics

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Author : Somboon Suksamran
language : en
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Release Date : 1984

Military Elite In Thai Politics written by Somboon Suksamran and has been published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Indonesia categories.

This compilation of biographical data on the military officers in the National Administrative Reform Assembly (1976-77), the National Legislative Assembly, and/or the Senate (1979 to the present) is meant to provide base-line data for further study of military intervention in Thai politics. It also provides the officers' social background, military rank and position at the time they were appointed to their political positions.

The Changing Role Of The Thai Military From Orthodox Function To National Development

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Author : Perapong Manakit
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992

The Changing Role Of The Thai Military From Orthodox Function To National Development written by Perapong Manakit and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Civil-military relations categories.

The Thai Young Turks

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Author : Chaiʻanan Samutwanit
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982

The Thai Young Turks written by Chaiʻanan Samutwanit and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Political Science categories.

The Thai Military Coup D Tat

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Author : Supaluck Suvarnajata
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994

The Thai Military Coup D Tat written by Supaluck Suvarnajata and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Coups d'état categories.

Perceived Interests Of The Thai Military And The Impact On Thai Democracy

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Author : Michael Lyons
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994

Perceived Interests Of The Thai Military And The Impact On Thai Democracy written by Michael Lyons and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Sociology, Military categories.