Title: A special relationship : the United States and military government in Thailand, 1947-1958 /
Authors: Fineman, Daniel, 1962-
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Thailand Politics and government; Thailand Armed Forces Political activity.; United States Foreign relations Thailand.; Thailand Foreign relations United States.; United States Military relations Thailand.; Thailand Military relations United States.
Abstract: 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.