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Cold War monks Buddhism and America's secret strategy in Southeast Asia Eugene Ford.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven, Connecticut Yale University Press 2017.Description: xi, 375 pages illustrations, map 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780300218565
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3/372 FOR
Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-361) and index.

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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