Theses and Dissertations by Thai Students at Cornell University
Author: Sari Devi Suprapto
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 36
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Author: Sari Devi Suprapto
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 36
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sīdā Sō̜nsī
Publisher: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 110
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Curtis W. Stucki
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 364
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: D. R. SarDesai
Publisher: Zug : Inter Documentation
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 196
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKInternational bibliography of thesis papers and dissertations on the social sciences, cultural factors, political leadership and economics in South East Asia.
Author: David K. Wyatt
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780300084757
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis highly acclaimed book, the standard history of Thailand for almost twenty years, has now been completely revised by the author. David K. Wyatt has also added new sections examining the social and economic changes that have transformed the country in the past two decades. Praise for the previous edition: "Wyatt knows his subject well enough and has enough enthusiasm for it to make his book . . . entertaining as well as eminently educational."--David McElveen, Asiaweek "A very readable account. . . .We come away from reading it with a clearer understanding of where Thailand stands in relation to its neighbors, who the Thai people are, how the Thai government evolved into its present form."--James Stent, Asian Wall Street Journal "Concise, thorough, and readable."--John Gabree, New York Newsday
Author: Cornell University. Libraries
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Published: 1964
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Akin Rabibhadana (M.R.)
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 288
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Curtis W. Stucki
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Published: 1963
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Curtis W. Stucki
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 304
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard A. Ruth
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2010-09-16
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0824860853
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Buddha’s Company explores a previously neglected aspect of the Vietnam War: the experiences of the Thai troops who served there and the attitudes and beliefs that motivated them to volunteer. Thailand sent nearly 40,000 volunteer soldiers to South Vietnam to serve alongside the Free World Forces in the conflict, but unlike the other foreign participants, the Thais came armed with historical and cultural knowledge of the region. Blending the methodologies of cultural and military history, Richard Ruth examines the individual experiences of Thai volunteers in their wartime encounters with American allies, South Vietnamese civilians, and Viet Cong enemies. Ruth shows how the Thais were transformed by living amongst the modern goods and war machinery of the Americans and by traversing the jungles and plantations haunted by indigenous spirits. At the same time, Ruth argues, Thailand’s ruling institutions used the image of volunteers to advance their respective agendas, especially those related to anticommunist authoritarianism. Drawing on numerous interviews with Thai veterans and archival material from Thailand and the United States, Ruth focuses on the cultural exchanges that occurred between Thai troops and their allies and enemies, presenting a Southeast Asian view of a conflict that has traditionally been studied as a Cold War event dominated by an American political agenda. The resulting study considers such diverse topics as comparative Buddhisms, alternative modernities, consumerism, celebrity, official memories vs. personal recollections, and the value of local knowledge in foreign wars. The war’s effects within Thailand itself are closely considered, demonstrating that the war against communism in Vietnam, as articulated by Thai leaders, was a popular cause among nearly all segments of the population. Furthermore, Ruth challenges previous assertions that Thailand’s forces were merely "America’s mercenaries" by presenting the multiple, overlapping motivations for volunteering offered by the soldiers themselves. In Buddha’s Company makes clear that many Thais sought direct involvement in the Vietnam War and that their participation had profound and lasting effects on the country’s political and military institutions, royal affairs, popular culture, and international relations. As one of only a handful of academic histories of Thailand in the 1960s, it provides a crucial link between the keystone studies of the Phibun-Sarit years (1946–1963) and those examining the turbulent 1970s.