Cold War monks: Buddhism and America's secret strategy in Southeast Asia
The Buddhist world and the United States at the onset of the Cold War, 1941--1954 -- Washington formulates a Buddhist policy, 1954--1957 -- Thailand and the international Buddhist arena, 1956--1962 -- Reforming the monks : the Cold War and clerical education in Thailand and Laos, 1954--1961 -- Thail...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
New Haven London
Yale University Press
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ East-West conflict
/ Politics
/ Asia
/ Thailand
/ Monk
/ Buddhism
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
Southeast Asia
B Buddhism (Southeast Asia) History B Buddhism B Buddhism and politics (Southeast Asia) B Buddhism and politics B Buddhism (Thailand) History B Thailand B History B Thesis B Buddhism and politics (Thailand) |
| Summary: | The Buddhist world and the United States at the onset of the Cold War, 1941--1954 -- Washington formulates a Buddhist policy, 1954--1957 -- Thailand and the international Buddhist arena, 1956--1962 -- Reforming the monks : the Cold War and clerical education in Thailand and Laos, 1954--1961 -- Thailand and the international response to the 1963 Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam -- Enforcing the code : South Vietnam's "struggle movement" and the limits of Thai Buddhist conservatism -- Thailand's Buddhist hierarchy confronts its challengers, 1967--1975 -- The rage of Thai Buddhism, 1975--1980 -- Conclusion : from Byoto to Kittivudho |
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| ISBN: | 0300218567 |