A Special Relationship : : The United States and Military Government in Thailand, 1947-1958 / / Daniel Fineman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Fineman, Daniel,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [1997]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)

The development of the Thai-American alliance from 1947 to 1958 dramatically transformed both countries' involvement in Southeast Asia. Bounded by two important political events in Thailand, an army coup in 1947 and the military's assumption of complete control of government in 1958, the period witnessed both the entrenchment of authoritarian military government in Thailand and a revolution in U.S.-Thai relations. During these years the modern Thai political system emerged, and the United States established its interest and influence in mainland Southeast Asian affairs. The developments of the period made possible American's later, more extensive, involvement in Indochina. A Special Relationship provides the most comprehensive analysis of this critical founding period of the Thai-American alliance. It reveals surprising new information on joint covert operations in Indochina, American support for suppression of government opponents, and CIA involvement in Thai domestic politics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND THAI NAMES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: LEARNING TO LIVE WITH PHIBUN, 1947–1948 -- Chapter One. PRELUDE TO THE COUP, JANUARY 1947–NOVEMBER 1947 -- Chapter Two. KHUANG AND THE COUP, NOVEMBER 1947–APRIL 1948 -- Chapter Three. PHIBUN’S RETURN, APRIL–JUNE 1948 -- PART TWO: U.S. MILITARY AID AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THAI FOREIGN POLICY, 1948–1950 -- Chapter four : Making the Case for Military Aid, April 1948–June 1949 -- Chapter Five. U.S. MILITARY AID AND THAILAND’S COMMITMENT TO THE WEST, JUNE 1949–DECEMBER 1950 -- PART THREE: FORMING THE ALLIANCE, 1950–1954 -- Chapter Six. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AMERICAN MILITARY PRESENCE, JUNE 1950–DECEMBER 1951 -- Chapter Seven. THE UNITED STATES AND THE MILITARY’S CONSOLIDATION OF POWER, JUNE 1951–DECEMBER 1952 -- Chapter Eight. BUILDING THE BASTION, JANUARY 1953–SEPTEMBER 1954 -- PART FOUR: DEMOCRACY, DICTATORSHIP, AND THE NEW ALLIANCE, 1955–1958 -- Chapter Nine. DEMOCRATIZATION AND DETERIORATION, JANUARY 1955–SEPTEMBER 1957 -- Chapter Ten. DICTATORSHIP AND RESTORATION, SEPTEMBER 1957–DECEMBER 1958 -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- About the Author