A Special Relationship: The United States and Military Government in ... - Daniel Fineman - Google Books

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The development of the Thai-American alliance from 1947 to 1958 dramatically transformed both countries' involvement in Southeast Asia. Bounded by two important political events in Thailand, an army coup in 1947 and the military's assumption of…