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Thailand's Struggle for National Security*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2011

Kenneth P. Landon
Kenneth P. Landon
Affiliation:
Department of State, Washington, D. C.
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The basis of Thailand's political security has been altered from time to time to meet the changing stresses and strains created by great powers in the Far East. In the process of political evolution the Thai people and their politicians have shown a great deal of flexibility.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , November 1944, pp. 5 - 26
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1944

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