Indigenizing the Cold War : : The Border Patrol Police and Nation-Building in Thailand /

Indigenizing the Cold War : : The Border Patrol Police and Nation-Building in Thailand / / Sinae Hyun.

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 US government’s strategies for fighting the spread of communism in Southeast Asia led to a transfo...

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Hyun, Sinae,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 9 b&w illustrations, 2 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes on Transliterations and Thai Names
  • Notes on Sources and Methods
  • Introduction Coming to Terms with Postcolonial Nation-Building and the Cold War
  • CHAPTER ONE From CIA Brainchild to Civic Action Agent, 1947–1962
  • CHAPTER TWO Building a Human Border, 1962–1980
  • CHAPTER THREE The Saga of the Black Panther, 1950–1976
  • CHAPTER FOUR Crusade from the Borders to Bangkok, 1969–1976
  • CHAPTER FIVE Mission Incomplete
  • Conclusion Whose War Was Cold?
  • Postscript The Border Patrol Police in Bangkok Again, 2020
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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