Diverging Roads: 21st-century U.S.-Thai Defense Relations

Authors

Lewis M. Stern

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Description

Security issues were the core motivat-ing force behind Washington’s commitment to preserve Thailand’s sovereignty and dignity at the end of World War II—even as our British and French allies sought to treat the kingdom as a belligerent that should have been occu-pied and compelled to pay reparations for its wartime alliance with Japan. The rationale for the postwar alliance with the United States was the common commitment to opposing and containing the threat of communism.

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

6-2009

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Recommended Citation

Stern, Lewis M., "Diverging Roads: 21st-century U.S.-Thai Defense Relations" (2009). Strategic Forums. 41.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-forums/41