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.
| ISBN: | 9780877277422 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2007 |
| Author: | Thak Chaloemtiarana, Cornell University |
| Publisher: | Southeast Asia Program Publications an imprint of Cornell University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 284 pages |
| Series: | Studies on Southeast Asia |
| Genres: |
Political science and theory Asian history Politics and government |