UID:
almahu_9949494641302882
Umfang:
1 online resource :
,
illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:
9780300231281 (ebook) :
Inhalt:
How did the US government make use of a 'Buddhist policy' in Southeast Asia during the Cold War despite the American principle that the state should not meddle with religion? To answer this question, this work's author delved deep into an unprecedented range of US and Thai sources and conducted numerous oral history interviews with key informants. The author uncovers a riveting story filled with US national security officials, diplomats, and scholars seeking to understand and build relationships within the Buddhist monasteries of Southeast Asia. This narrative provides a new look at how the Buddhist leaderships of Thailand and its neighbours became enmeshed in Cold War politics and in the US government's clandestine efforts to use a predominant religion of Southeast Asia as an instrument of national stability to counter communist revolution.
Anmerkung:
Previously issued in print: 2017.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version : ISBN 9780300218565
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
Yale scholarship online
