Cold War monks: Buddhism and America's secret strategy in Southeast Asia

"How did the U.S. government make use of a "Buddhist policy" in Southeast Asia during the Cold War despite the American principle that the state should not meddle with religion? To answer this question, Eugene Ford delved deep into an unprecedented range of U.S. and Thai sources and c...

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Main Author: Ford, Eugene Brassel (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New Haven Yale University Press [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Further subjects:B Southeast Asia
B Buddhism (Southeast Asia) History
B Buddhism
B Buddhism and politics (Southeast Asia)
B Buddhism and politics
B Buddhism (Thailand) History
B Electronic books
B RELIGION ; Comparative Religion
B HISTORY ; United States ; 20th Century
B History
B Thailand
B Buddhism and politics (Thailand)
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