TY - GEN T1 - Cold War monks : Buddhism and America's secret strategy in Southeast Asia A1 - Ford, Eugene Brassel LA - English PP - New Haven PB - Yale University Press YR - 2017 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1005008267 AB - "How did the U.S. 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, Eugene Ford delved deep into an unprecedented range of U.S. and Thai sources and conducted numerous oral history interviews with key informants. Ford uncovers a riveting story filled with U.S. national security officials, diplomats, and scholars seeking to understand and build relationships within the Buddhist monasteries of Southeast Asia. This fascinating narrative provides a new look at how the Buddhist leaderships of Thailand and its neighbors became enmeshed in Cold War politics and in the U.S. government's clandestine efforts to use a predominant religion of Southeast Asia as an instrument of national stability to counter communist revolution"-- OP - 375 CN - BQ4570.S7 F67 2017eb SN - 9780300231281 SN - 0300231288 SN - 9780300218565 SN - 0300218567 KW - Buddhism and politics : Thailand. KW - Buddhism and politics : Southeast Asia. KW - Buddhism : Thailand : History. KW - Buddhism : Southeast Asia : History. KW - Bouddhisme et politique : Thaìˆlande. KW - Bouddhisme et politique : Asie du Sud-Est. KW - Bouddhisme : Thaìˆlande : Histoire. KW - Bouddhisme : Asie du Sud-Est : Histoire. KW - RELIGION : Comparative Religion. KW - HISTORY : United States : 20th Century. KW - Buddhism KW - Buddhism and politics KW - Southeast Asia KW - Thailand KW - History ER -