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Can the Military be Sidelined?

Pacific ViewpointVolume 33, Issue 2 p. 128-134 ArticleFree Access Can the Military be Sidelined? John McKinnon, John McKinnonSearch for more papers by this author John McKinnon, John McKinnonSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 May 1992 https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.332003AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References 1 Belanger, Francis W. 1989. Drugs, the U.S., and Khun Sa Bangkok: DK Books 2 Bo Yang. 1987. Golden Triangle: Frontier and Wilderness Hong Kong: Joint Publishing 3 Elliot, David. 1978. Thailand: Origins of Military Rule London: Zed Press 4 Krirkkiat Phipatserritham and Kunio Yoshihara. 1983. Business Groups in Thailand Research Notes and Discussion Paper 41, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 5 Lissak, Moshe. 1976. Military Roles in Modernization: Civil-Military Relations in Thailand and Burma London: Sage 6 McCoy, Alfred. 1991. The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia New York: Harper & Row 7 Said, Salim. 1992. Genesis of Power: General Sudirman and the Indonesian Military in Politics, 1945-49 Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 8 Wyatt, David K. 1984. Thailand: A Short History Bangkok and London: Thai Watana Press & Yale University Press Volume33, Issue2May 1992Pages 128-134 ReferencesRelatedInformation

A Question of Expediency: Britain, the United States and Thailand, 1941–42

This passage was written on 27 March 1945 by Major Andrew Gilchrist, a Foreign Office official serving with the Special Operations Executive in Thailand. It neatly demonstrates the manner in which the wartime debate within and between the various Allied bureaucracies responsible for Thailand's post war status appeared to be dominated by the circumstances of Thailand's rapid capitulation to Japan in December 1941. Subsequently, diametrically opposed interpretations of these unhappy events were employed both by Britain to legitimize her wartime plans to re-establish a degree of control over Thailand, and also by the United States to justify her attempts to thwart perceived British aggrandizement in Southeast Asia. Yet despite the clear importance of the events of 1941 for Thailand's relations with the Allies, her place in the outbreak of the Pacific War is not yet fully understood.

Thai-Japanese Relations at the Start of the Pacific War: New Insight into a Controversial Period

Thailand's relations with Japan during the months surrounding the outbreak of the war in the Pacific are a topic of controversy in Thai historiography; and despite a growing number of studies which have endeavoured to explain, or at least shed light on, the rapid shift in Thai policy from neutrality on 8 December 1941 to an alliance and then declaration of war on the side of Japan by 25 January 1942, little progress or development in the debate has taken place over the decades since the war. This unsatisfactory situation has been largely due to the very limited knowledge available about the diplomatic activities that took place between Thailand and Japan during the period in question. The bulk of our information to date has come from records and recollections of Thais and Europeans involved in the events, and this has concentrated almost entirely on the activities and interplay of Thais and Europeans. The result has been to relegate Japan's presence in events of the period to some dimly perceived undertakings conducted by sinister characters who were nothing more than Thailand's enemies bent on absorbing that country into Japan's new East Asian order. The following article is an effort to redress this imbalance somewhat by directing attention toward Thai-Japanese relations. I have relied greatly on a number of dispatches that passed between Bangkok and Tokyo during the autumn of 1941. Some of the most important of these are available only from “Magic”, the files of intercepted and deciphered Japanese diplomatic messages accumulated by the United States government. The Japanese Foreign Ministry archive files on diplomatic correspondence with Thailand are extremely incomplete, and none of the messages I used from “Magic” are contained in the Japanese files.

The Politics of Intergovernmental Relations in Thailand

THIS PAPER EXAMINES intergovernmental relations in Thailand by focusing on the linkages between the central government and 118 municipal government units. While the concept of intergovernmental relations usually refers to relationships among relatively autonomous units of government within federal systems, here it refers to relationships among central and local governmental units within a unitary system. This usage not only relates the Thai case to general theories of intergovernmental relations, but it also raises some new questions and provides a useful framework for analyzing data heretofore absent in the literature on Thai politics and administration. Intergovernmental relations are political. They determine who gets what, when, and how; they center on the competition for power, influence, and authority; and they generate and resolve conflicts over important group and societal values. Consequently, understanding intergovernmental relations in Thailand also requires understanding the political behavior of key actors involved in central-local interactions. This essay attempts to contribute to such an understanding. It begins by analyzing the political and administrative origins, ambiguities, and strategies of intergovernmental relations in reference to the behavior of Thai officials. Based upon this analysis, it concludes that Thai intergovernmental relations are characterized by continuous central administrative leveling of local political processes. Viewed from the perspectives of high-level administrators, central government strategies are expected to create greater stability and predictability in intergovernmental relations. These strategies are aimed at dominating local

The Politics of Intergovernmental Relations in Thailand

Research Article| May 01 1979 The Politics of Intergovernmental Relations in Thailand Ronald L. Krannich Ronald L. Krannich Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1950) 19 (5): 506–522. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644041 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Ronald L. Krannich; The Politics of Intergovernmental Relations in Thailand. Far Eastern Survey 8 March 1950; 19 (5): 506–522. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/2644041 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAsian Survey Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1979 The Regents of the University of California Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Military Roles in Modernization: Civil-Military Relations in Thailand and Burma. By Moshe Lissak. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1976. 255 pp. Index. $15.00

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Military Roles in Modernization: Civil-Military Relations in Thailand and Burma. By Moshe Lissak. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1976. 255 pp. Index. $15.00

Military Roles in Modernization: Civil-Military Relations in Thailand and Burma. By Moshe Lissak. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1976. 255 pp. Index. $15.00

Military Roles in Modernization. Civil-Military Relations in Thailand and Burma.

Military Roles in Modernization. Civil-Military Relations in Thailand and Burma.

Thailand's Relations with the US and China: The Search for an Independent Foreign Policy

Thailand's Relations with the US and China: The Search for an Independent Foreign Policy