Cold War Monks : buddhism and America's secret strategy in Southeast Asia

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Title

Cold War Monks : buddhism and America's secret strategy in Southeast Asia

Author

Ford, Eugene

Edition

1st ed.

Published

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9780300218565

Notes

Introduction -- 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

Subjects

• Buddhism
• Buddhism and politics -- Thailand
• Buddhism and politics -- Southeast Asia
• Buddhism -- History -- Southeast Asia
• Buddhism -- History -- Thailand
• Cold War -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism -- Thailand