Praetorians, Profiteers or Professionals? : : Studies on the Militaries of Myanmar and Thailand /

Praetorians, Profiteers or Professionals? : : Studies on the Militaries of Myanmar and Thailand / / Prajak Kongkirati, Michael J. Montesano, Terence Chong.

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Praetorians, Profiteers or Professionals? contributes to the ongoing renaissance in scholarship on Southeast Asia's armed forces and their political, social and economic roles. This renaissance comes in an era in which the states of the region, and the societies and economies that they govern,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS eBook Package 2020
MitwirkendeR:
Chambers, Paul,
Chong, Terence,
Kongkirati, Prajak,
Montesano, Michael J.,
Myoe, Maung Aung,
Naknoi, Kanda,
Taylor, Robert H.,
Yan Oo, Nay,
HerausgeberIn:
Chong, Terence,
Kongkirati, Prajak ,
Montesano, Michael J.,
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2021]
©2020
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (177 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the Contributors
  • 1. Introduction: Two Mainland Southeast Asian Militaries in Comparative Perspective
  • 2. A New Tatmadaw with Old Characteristics
  • 3. Thailand's Military: Ideology and Sense of Mission
  • 4. The Defence Expenditures and Commercial Interests of the Tatmadaw
  • 5. The Economic Role of the Thai Military: A Commercial Logic to Coups?
  • 6. Epilogue: Controlling or Playing Politics?
  • Index

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