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Cold War Monks: Buddhism and America's Secret Strategy in Southeast Asia |
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Ford, Eugene (著)
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| Date | 2017.10.24 |
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| Pages | 392 |
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| Publisher | Yale University Press |
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https://yalebooks.yale.edu/
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| Location | New Haven, CT, US [紐哈芬市, 康乃狄克州, 美國] |
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| Series | History of the Americas |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Buddhism; anticommunism; Cold War; U.S. government; Southeast Asia; religion; U.S. national security; Buddhist leadership; Thailand; communist revolution |
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| Abstract | The groundbreaking account of U.S. clandestine efforts to use Southeast Asian Buddhism to advance Washington’s anticommunist goals during the Cold War
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 conducted numerous oral history interviews with key informants. Ford uncovers a riveting story filled with U.S. national security officials, diplomats, and scholars seeking to understand and build relationships within the Buddhist monasteries of Southeast Asia.
This fascinating narrative provides a new look at how the Buddhist leaderships of Thailand and its neighbors became enmeshed in Cold War politics and in the U.S. government’s clandestine efforts to use a predominant religion of Southeast Asia as an instrument of national stability to counter communist revolution. |
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| ISBN | 0300218567 (hardcover); 9780300218565 (hardcover) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300218565.001.0001 |
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| Related reviews | - Book Review: Cold War Monks: Buddhism and America’s Secret Strategy in Southeast Asia by Eugene Ford / Kourilsky, Gregory (評論)
- Book Review: Cold War Monks: Buddhism and America's Secret Strategy in Southeast Asia by Eugene Ford / Nathan, Andrew J. (評論)
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| Created date | 2023.08.03 |
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| Modified date | 2023.08.03 |
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