A Genealogy of Bamboo Diplomacy : The Politics of Thai détente with Russia and China / Jittipat Poonkham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Čhittiphat Phūnkham, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomacy--History--20th century.

Diplomacy.

China--Foreign relations--1949-1976.

China.

China--Foreign relations--Thailand.

Russia--Foreign relations--Thailand.

Russia.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1953-1975.

Soviet Union.

Thailand--Foreign relations--1945-1988.

Thailand.

Thailand--Foreign relations--China.

Thailand--Foreign relations--Russia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 326 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University, [2022]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 politics of Thai da^etente with Russia and China in the long 1970s (1968-80).

Contents:

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 Da^etente (1969-1971)

Interregnum - 1971: A Coup against Diplomacy?

A Diplomatic Transformation: Chatichai, Kukrit and the Second Da^etente (1975-1976)

Equidistance: Kriangsak and the Third Da^etente (1977-1980)

Conclusion: The End of 'Bamboo'

Diplomacy? Back to the Future.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781760464998

1760464996

OCLC:

1285606289