Abstract
* Introduction: Telling the truth about Thailand * Part I: Royalty versus reality ** 1. 'When the legends die, all collapses' - Thailand's political awakening ** 2. 'In a never-never land, never mind' - Welcome to the Land of Smiles ** 3. 'Cosmological bluster' - The dramatics of despotism * Part II: Thai-style democracy and its discontents ** 4. 'Our country belongs to the people - not to the king' - Thailand's unfinished revolution ** 5. 'I really am an elected king' - The royalist revival ** 6. 'There is magic, goodness and power in his heart' - The deification of Rama IX * Part III: The secrets of succession ** 7. 'Endless struggles for the throne' - The causes of chronic palace conflict ** 8. 'One neither walks, speaks, drinks, eats, nor cooks without some kind of ceremony' - The pleasures and privations of being king ** 9. 'I cannot afford to die' - The tragedy of King Bhumibol * Part IV: Crisis and confrontation ** 10. 'Living in horrifying times' - Twilight of the oligarchy ** 11. 'Coupmakers' haunted dreams' - Escalation and enlightenment ** 12. 'Returning happiness to the people' - Denying democracy, sabotaging succession * Epilogue: 'Flip on the lights and flush out the ghosts' - What the future holds
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