Cold War monks : Buddhism and America's secret strategy in Southeast Asia /
"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 c...
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| Formaat: | Licensed eBooks |
| Taal: | Engels |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2017]
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| Online toegang: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1606812 |
Inhoudsopgave:
- 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.