Introduction: Telling the Truth About Thailand
Part I: Royalty Versus Reality
1. 'When the Legends Die, All Collapses' - Thailand's political awakening
2. 'In a Never–Never Land, Never Mind' - Welcome to the Land of Smiles
3. 'Cosmological Bluster' - The Dramatics of Despotism
Part II: Thai–Style Democracy and its Discontents
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Introduction: Telling the Truth About Thailand
Part I: Royalty Versus Reality
1. 'When the Legends Die, All Collapses' - Thailand's political awakening
2. 'In a Never–Never Land, Never Mind' - Welcome to the Land of Smiles
3. 'Cosmological Bluster' - The Dramatics of Despotism
Part II: Thai–Style Democracy and its Discontents
4. 'Our Country Belongs to the People - Not to the King': Thailand's Unfinished Revolution
5. 'I Really am an Elected King' - The Royalist Revival
6. 'There is Magic, Goodness and Power in His Heart' - The Deification of Rama IX
Part III: The Secrets of Succession
7. 'Endless Struggles for the Throne' - The Causes of Chronic Palace Conflict
8. 'One Neither Walks, Speaks, Drinks, Eats, Nor Cooks Without Some Kind of Ceremony' - The Pleasures and Privations of Being King
9. 'I Cannot Afford to Die' - The Tragedy of King Bhumibol
Part IV: Crisis and Confrontation
10. 'Living in Horrifying Times' - Twilight of the Oligarchy
11. 'Coupmakers' Haunted Dreams' - Escalation and Enlightenment
12. 'Returning Happiness to the People' - Denying Democracy, Sabotaging Succession
Epilogue: 'Flip on the Lights and Flush out the Ghosts' - What the Future Holds
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0 有用 静夜思止 2020-05-17 11:27:01
预测截止目前并不准确,我猜是因为忽略了巨头们都希望泰国平稳,但关于历史的回顾还是值得一看。祝福诗琳通公主。
0 有用 静夜思止 2020-05-17 11:27:01
预测截止目前并不准确,我猜是因为忽略了巨头们都希望泰国平稳,但关于历史的回顾还是值得一看。祝福诗琳通公主。