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Thailand in the Cold War

Thailand in the Cold War

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesInternational RelationsSoutheast Asian History

ISBN10: 1138014168
ISBN13: 9781138014169
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 1 2015
Pages: 234
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
Thailand's position during the Cold War was ambiguous: Thailand's political leadership was keen to maintain the country's independence, yet was also keen to establish the country as staunchly anti-communist. This book argues that though Thailand was never formally a client state of the United States, it was closely embedded in the Western camp through the development of a modern, consumerist lifestyle in Thailand's cosmopolitan urban communities. The book shows how a consumerist ideology and integration into a free world culture took hold, and how this popular culture was fundamental in determining Thailand's international political alignment.

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