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A Kingdom in Crisis - Thailand's Struggle for Democracy in the Twenty-First Century by Andrew MacGregor Marshall
Category: History | Series: Asian Arguments Ser.
Struggling to emerge from a despotic past, Thailand stands at a defining moment in its history. While scores of citizens have been killed on the streets of Bangkok and freedom of speech continues to be routinely denied, democracy appears like an increasingly distant idea. And many fear that the death of ...Show more
Kingdom in Crisis - Thailand's Struggle for Democracy in the Twenty-First Century by Andrew MacGregor Marshall
Category: History | Series: Asian Arguments Ser.
Struggling to emerge from a despotic past, Thailand stands at a defining moment in its history. Scores have been killed on the streets of Bangkok. Freedom of speech is routinely denied. Democracy appears increasingly distant. Long dreaded by Thais, the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej is expected to unl ...Show more
Last Days of the Mekong by Brian Eyler
Category: History | Series: Asian Arguments Ser.
Long known for its natural beauty, remoteness, and abundance of wildlife, the Mekong river basin runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It is home to more than seventy million people and has for centuries been one of the world's richest agricultural zones. Today however it i ...Show more
Myanmar's Enemy Within - Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim 'Other' by Francis Wade; Linsey McGoey
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Asian Arguments Ser.
In 2017, Myanmar's military launched a campaign of violence against the Rohingya minority that UN experts later said amounted to a genocide. More than seven hundred thousand civilians fled to Bangladesh in what became the most concentrated flight of refugees since the Rwanda genocide of 1994. The warnin ...Show more
North Korea: State of Paranoia by Paul French
Category: Politics | Series: Asian Arguments Ser.
Secretive, mysterious, and almost certainly dangerous, North Korea is an object of endless fascination--and worry--for the rest of the world. The world's most inaccessible nuclear power, it retains Gulag-style prison camps, completely blocks Internet access, and forbids citizens to talk to foreigners wi ...Show more
Thailand - Shifting Ground Between the U. S. and a Rising China by Benjamin Zawacki
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Asian Arguments Ser.
Since the World War II, Thailand has positioned itself as a key strategic ally of the United States, serving as a bulwark against communism in Southeast Asia and as a base for American troops during the Vietnam War. In return, the United States has provided millions of dollars in military and economic a ...Show more
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