The PhD. dissertation The Lands of the Free: Thailand in the Foreign Policy of the United States, 1945-1975 deals with the relationship between Thailand and the United States in the era of Cold War and of the bipolar division of the world. In the years following World War II, Thailand (previously also known as Siam) became one of the main allies of the United States in Southeast Asia. Thailand sent military units to fight in the Korean War, joined the SEATO pact and repeatedly declared her willingness to support the struggle against the spreading of communism in Southeast Asia, which was the major objective of the policy of the United States in the region in this particular time period. The relationship between both countries, however, had started to develop already before World War II and the subsequent emergence of the bipolar world order. When analyzing and assessing the dynamics of the relationship between the United States and Thailand after 1945, it is thus necessary to take into account not only the immediate concerns and priorities of Washington and Bangkok, but also the long-standing trends and underlying tendencies and currents in their foreign policy, as well as socio-cultural factors of this relationship. It is beyond any doubt that the Cold War has played a crucial role in forging and...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:311592 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Bečka, Jan |
| Contributors | Calda, Miloš, Raška, Francis, Mendel, Miloš |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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