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A genealogy of bamboo diplomacy : the politics of Thai détente with Russia and China /

In 1975, M.R. Kurkrit Pramoj met Mao Zedong, marking the eventual establishment of diplomatic relations and a discursive rupture with the previous narrative of Communist powers as an existential threat. This book critically interrogates the birth of bamboo (bending with the wind) diplomacy and the p...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Čhittiphat Phūnkham (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2022]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Cold War discursive hegemony : anticommunism, Americanism and antagonism
  • Bending before the wind : the emergence of 'flexible diplomacy' (1968-1969)
  • Flexible diplomacy : Thanat and the first détente (1969-1971)
  • Interregnum - 1971 : a coup against diplomacy?
  • A diplomatic transformation : Chatichai, Kukrit and the second détente (1975-1976)
  • Equidistance : Kriangsak and the third détente (1977-1980)
  • Conclusion : the end of 'bamboo' diplomacy? Back to the future.