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Author : Sinae Hyun
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 46,90 MB
Release : 2023-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0824895894

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The Border Patrol Police (BPP) of Thailand was formed as a United States CIA’s paramilitary intelligence force in the early 1950s. In the early 1960s, changes in Thailand’s political leadership and the U.S. government’s strategies for fighting the spread of communism in Southeast Asia led to a transformation of the BPP. The organization became a civic action agency supported by the United States Agency for International Development and the Thai monarchy. Its civic actions, pinned on advancing anticommunist modernization, civilian counterinsurgency, and royalist nationalism, soon extended from the margins to the center of Thailand, and contributed to building the border of “Thainess” (khwam pen thai). The growing tension between the royalist network, consisting of military and rightwing groups, and the democratization movements culminated in a massacre. On October 6, 1976, the Village Scout, a rural vigilante group that the BPP created through its civic actions, and the Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit (PARU), a subunit of the BPP, attacked peaceful protesters at Thammasat University. The success of a military coup on the same day solidified the victory of the royalist network, and it would continue to dominate Thai politics and society into the post–Cold War era. Through a study of the Border Patrol Police’s transformations, Indigenizing the Cold War shows how the Thai ruling elite unfailingly pursued their nation-building. With an introduction of the “indigenization” concept and an in-depth analysis of postcolonial nation-building, this work challenges conventional Cold War studies. The Cold War in Thailand was not always and only about an ideological conflict between the communist and anticommunist. It was a war between the local ruling elite and the people, each pushing forward their visions for constructing a new nation-state. The “indigenization” framework reveals the nature of the collaboration between the global superpowers and the Asian local ruling elite, who took advantage of the American Cold War for legitimizing and continuing their authoritarian regimes.

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Page : 1128 pages
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Release : 2014
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The Border Patrol Police of Thailand (BPP) were formed by the Central Intelligence Agency and the Thai military in 1951. Since its formation, the Thai BPP evolved from a CIA paramilitary intelligence unit and rural development agency into a mechanism for nation-building by the Thai monarchy. Its multiple transformations reveal the ways in which the Thai elites continuously pushed forward their own agendas of political domination while collaborating with the U.S. anticommunist policies in Southeast Asia. This dissertation therefore argues that the local elites "indigenized" the American Cold War system through the nation-building programs to achieve their political goals. Starting with a survey on the decolonization in Southeast Asia after the end of Pacific War in 1945, this dissertation examines the evolution of the Thai ruling elite's indigenization in the following three periods: realignment of civilian-military relations between 1945-1957, military domination during 1957-1973, and the royalist elite's rise to power from 1973 to 1980. In 1980, royalist premier Prem Tinsulanonda shifted the government's anticommunist counterinsurgency from military to political warfare, which represents a tangible decline in the Thai elite's desire for collaboration. The rise and fall of competing elite groups, their political objectives and outcomes, and the persisting ideological inclinations of their domestic and foreign policies is illuminated by the transformations and civic actions and military campaigns of the BPP. The Thai monarchy began to take control of indigenization beginning in the early 1960s when it patronized the BPP and its counterinsurgency projects, incorporating them into the royal projects. The BPP became a concrete manifestation how this traditional institution successfully constructed infrastructures of the ideological inclination, institutional networks, executive agency and popular support. These infrastructures became a vehicle for spreading royalist nationalism among the general populace, consequently ensuring the domination of the royalist elite into the present day. Enlightened by archival and empirical evidences, this dissertation elucidates how local police were mobilized in nation-building under the auspices of the U.S. government and Thai elites. Furthermore, it demonstrates how the local elites harnessed foreign interventions to preserve their spheres of power and autonomy in the second half of the twentieth century.

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Page : 564 pages
File Size : 33,42 MB
Release : 2014
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The Border Patrol Police of Thailand (BPP) were formed by the Central Intelligence Agency and the Thai military in 1951. Since its formation, the Thai BPP evolved from a CIA paramilitary intelligence unit and rural development agency into a mechanism for nation-building by the Thai monarchy. Its multiple transformations reveal the ways in which the Thai elites continuously pushed forward their own agendas of political domination while collaborating with the U.S. anticommunist policies in Southeast Asia. This dissertation therefore argues that the local elites "indigenized" the American Cold War system through the nation-building programs to achieve their political goals. Starting with a survey on the decolonization in Southeast Asia after the end of Pacific War in 1945, this dissertation examines the evolution of the Thai ruling elite's indigenization in the following three periods: realignment of civilian-military relations between 1945-1957, military domination during 1957-1973, and the royalist elite's rise to power from 1973 to 1980. In 1980, royalist premier Prem Tinsulanonda shifted the government's anticommunist counterinsurgency from military to political warfare, which represents a tangible decline in the Thai elite's desire for collaboration. The rise and fall of competing elite groups, their political objectives and outcomes, and the persisting ideological inclinations of their domestic and foreign policies is illuminated by the transformations and civic actions and military campaigns of the BPP. The Thai monarchy began to take control of indigenization beginning in the early 1960s when it patronized the BPP and its counterinsurgency projects, incorporating them into the royal projects. The BPP became a concrete manifestation how this traditional institution successfully constructed infrastructures of the ideological inclination, institutional networks, executive agency and popular support. These infrastructures became a vehicle for spreading royalist nationalism among the general populace, consequently ensuring the domination of the royalist elite into the present day. Enlightened by archival and empirical evidences, this dissertation elucidates how local police were mobilized in nation-building under the auspices of the U.S. government and Thai elites. Furthermore, it demonstrates how the local elites harnessed foreign interventions to preserve their spheres of power and autonomy in the second half of the twentieth century.

Author : Scott Michael Harrison
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Page : 359 pages
File Size : 37,63 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Asia
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The second half of the twentieth century saw dramatic state movements and expansions around the world into Indigenous people's territories. These state expansions incorporated more of the earth than any time in the past and this shaped Indigenous - non-Indigenous relations around the world. This study examines global post-1945 Indigenous people's history through the lens of the Cold War. Themes addressed herein on the intersections of Indigenous people and the Cold War include modernity, non-Indigenous components of indigenism, decolonization, Cold War structures-particularly the San Francisco System in the Asia-Pacific-, and the nuclear arms race. This study offers a new perspective on the global movement of Indigenous people during the second half of the twentieth century and expands Cold War history beyond interstate relations. It argues that the extent of change in Indigenous societies during the four and a half decades after World War II were so immense that we can place the Cold War alongside other broad patterns of global forces influencing the shape of Indigenous history, including first contacts, the spread of epidemic diseases, missionary work, and colonialism, and that Indigenous territories were essential geographies for waging Cold War.

Author : Tze-ki Hon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,56 MB
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 042960274X

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This book is a dynamic study of the range of experiences of the Cold War in Europe, East Asia and Southeast Asia in the 20th century. Comprised of ten chapters from a diverse team of scholars from Europe, East Asia, and North America, this edited volume furthers the study of the Cold War in two ways. First, it underscores the global scope of the Cold War. Beginning from Europe and extending to East and Southeast Asia, it focuses attention on the overlapping local, national, regional, and international rivalries that ultimately divided the world into two opposing camps. Second, it shows that the Cold War had different impacts in different places. Although not all continents are included, this volume demonstrates that the bipolar system was not monolithic and uniform. By comparing experiences in various cities, this book critically examines the ways in which the bipolar system was circumvented or transformed – particularly in places where the line between the Free World and the Communist World was unclear. Cold War Cities will appeal to students and scholars of history and Cold War studies, cultural geography and material cultures, as well as East and Southeast Asian studies.

Author : Ang Cheng Guan
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 17,62 MB
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0824873467

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The historiography of the Cold War has long been dominated by American motivations and concerns, with Southeast Asian perspectives largely confined to the Indochina wars and Indonesia under Sukarno. Southeast Asia’s Cold War corrects this situation by examining the international politics of the region from within rather than without. It provides an up-to-date, coherent narrative of the Cold War as it played out in Southeast Asia against a backdrop of superpower rivalry. When viewed through a Southeast Asian lens, the Cold War can be traced back to the interwar years and antagonisms between indigenous communists and their opponents, the colonial governments and their later successors. Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and the Philippines join Vietnam and Indonesia as key regional players with their own agendas, as evidenced by the formation of SEATO and the Bandung conference. The threat of global Communism orchestrated from Moscow, which had such a powerful hold in the West, passed largely unnoticed in Southeast Asia, where ideology took a back seat to regime preservation. China and its evolving attitude toward the region proved far more compelling: the emergence of the communist government there in 1949 helped further the development of communist networks in the Southeast Asian region. Except in Vietnam, the Soviet Union’s role was peripheral: managing relationships with the United States and China was what preoccupied Southeast Asia’s leaders. The impact of the Sino-Soviet split is visible in the decade-long Cambodian conflict and the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979. This succinct volume not only demonstrates the complexity of the region, but for the first time provides a narrative that places decolonization and nation-building alongside the usual geopolitical conflicts. It focuses on local actors and marshals a wide range of literature in support of its argument. Most importantly, it tells us how and why the Cold War in Southeast Asia evolved the way it did and offers a deeper understanding of the Southeast Asia we know today.

Author : Paul Chambers
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 13,8 MB
Release : 2024-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 981510425X

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"This is one of the most comprehensive studies of contemporary Thai politics seen through the careers of Thai military leaders since 1932 up until now. It is of vital importance if one is to understand present-day Thai politics.” —Kullada Kesboonchoo-Mead, Chulalongkorn University (retired), author of The Rise and Decline of Thai Absolutism “Paul Chambers has written, arguably, the most comprehensive and detailed book on the evolution of Thailand’s military power from the post–World War II era to the present day. This lucid book is a compelling read for anyone seeking to gain insight into the transformation of the country into a praetorian kingdom, where the monarchy and the military are the most powerful institutions. His delicate exploration of the various plots, methods, strategies, twists and betrayals provides readers with valuable perspectives on the inner workings and dynamics of Thailand’s praetorian system. One of the book’s strengths lies in its use of declassified and leaked documents from the US administrations, adding a sense of excitement and credibility to the analysis.” —Puangthong Pawakapan, Chulalongkorn University, author of Infiltrating Society: The Thai Military’s Internal Security Affairs “This study on the Thai military does not merely add to the existing critical understandings about its role in the country’s politics, it tackles the subject in a new light and challenges us to reexamine our appraisal of each military regime.” --- Dr. Chaiyan Rajchagool, University of Phayao, author of The Rise and Fall of the Thai Absolute Monarchy “This book does two significant things; first, cultivating large amounts of primary resources, and second, providing a sophisticated interpretation of Thai military ascendancy until 2023. Based on these reasons, the book is important for insightful and untold stories about the Thai military.” —Ukrist Pathmanand, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand “Monumental in scope and wondrously researched, Praetorian Kingdom is much more than the systematic study of the Thai military that has long been needed. For it is a volume that will compel readers not only to understand crucial episodes in Thailand’s modern history in new ways but also to appreciate the continuities in the country’s military politics as never before.” —Michael Montesano, Associate Senior Fellow, Thailand Studies Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute

Author : Enze Han
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 23,37 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0190688300

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Is the process of state building a unilateral, national venture, or is it something more collaborative, taking place in the interstices between adjoining countries? To answer this question, Asymmetrical Neighbors takes a comparative look at the state building process along China, Myanmar, and Thailand's common borderland area. It shows that the variations in state building among these neighboring countries are the result of an interactive process that occurs across national boundaries. Departing from existing approaches that look at such processes from the angle of singular, bounded territorial states, the book argues that a more fruitful method is to examine how state and nation building in one country can influence, and be influenced by, the same processes across borders. It argues that the success or failure of one country's state building is a process that extends beyond domestic factors such as war preparation, political institutions, and geographic and demographic variables. Rather, it shows that we should conceptualize state building as an interactive process heavily influenced by a "neighborhood effect." Furthermore, the book moves beyond the academic boundaries that divide arbitrarily China studies and Southeast Asian studies by providing an analysis that ties the state and nation building processes in China with those of Southeast Asia.

Author : Charnvit Kasetsiri
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 11,85 MB
Release : 2022-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9815011251

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“As a historian, Charnvit Kasetsiri is not satisfied simply to have found an instructive angle from which to explore the mysteries in a modern experimental monarchy. His keen sense of time has filled his narrative with insights that only a few people could have identified. To me, that is a mark of one with a fine sense of what the past can mean. I thank him for the chance to see this mature and thoughtful Charnvit at work and commend this book to everyone who wants to understand Thailand better.” -- Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore “Charnvit makes clear in the final pages of Thailand: A Struggle for the Nation that he is not very sanguine about the country’s future. During Thailand’s democratic spring in 1974, the Thai constitution was changed to allow female succession. This apparent loosening of male prerogative had no effect on the reign change in 2016 when the designated male heir, Prince Vajiralongkorn, succeeded without challenge to become the tenth Bangkok king. Communism, long gone as the spectre that once haunted Thailand’s political order, has been replaced by another. The spectre now haunting Thailand is authoritarianism.” -- Craig J. Reynolds, Australian National University

Author : Njoki N. Wane
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 30,47 MB
Release : 2022-11-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 1839824689

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This edited collection centres the reclamation of global counter and Indigenous knowledges, epistemologies, ontologies, axiologies, and cosmovisions that have the capacity to create new educational leadership frameworks that chart courses to visions beyond the current oppressive systems of education.