![]() | A Special Relationship: The United States and Military Government in Thailand, 1947-1958 Subjects: Thailand -- Politics and government; Thailand -- Armed Forces -- Political activity; United States -- Foreign relations -- Thailand; Thailand -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Military relations -- Thailand; Thailand -- Military rela; The development of the Thai-American alliance from 1947 to 1958 dramatically transformed both countries' involvement in Southeast Asia. Bounded by two important political events in Thailand, an army coup in 1947 and the military's assumption of complete control of government in 1958, the period witnessed both the entrenchment of authoritarian military government in Thailand and a revolution in U.S.-Thai relations. During these years the modern Thai political system emerged, and the United States established its interest and influence in mainland Southeast Asian affairs. The developments of the period made possible American's later, more extensive, involvement in Indochina. |
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