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100 1 Handley, Paul M.,|d1955-
245 14 The king never smiles :|ba biography of Thailand's
Bhumibol Adulyadej /|cPaul M. Handley.
264 1 New Haven :|bYale University Press,|c[2006]
264 4 |c©2006
300 1 online resource (xi, 499 pages)
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-476) and
index.
505 0 A dhammaraja from America -- From pure blood to dynastic
failure -- 1932: revolution and exile -- Restoration to
regicide -- Revenge of the monarchists, 1946-49 -- Romance
in Lausanne: Bhumibol prepared to reign -- The Cold War,
1952-57 -- Field Marshal Sarit: the palace finds its
strongman -- Going to war -- Reborn Democrat? -- Royal
vigilantism and massacre, 1974-76 -- What went wrong:
cosmic panic, business failure, midcareer crisis -- Who's
the enemy? -- In the king's image: the perfect general
prem -- Family headaches -- Another coup from the throne -
- May 1992: October 1976 redux -- Sanctifying royalty and
stonewalling democracy in the 1990s -- Another family
annus horribilis -- The economic crash and Bhumibol's new
theory -- Going into seclusion: can the monarchy survive
Bhumibol?
520 Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej, the only king ever born in
the United States, came to the throne of his country in
1946 and is now the world's longest-serving monarch. This
book tells the unexpected story of his life and 60-year
rule: how a Western-raised boy came to be seen by his
people as a living Buddha; and how a king widely seen as
beneficent and apolitical could in fact be so deeply
political, autocratic, and even brutal. Paul Handley
provides an extensively researched, factual account of the
king's youth and personal development, ascent to the
throne, skilful political maneuverings, and attempt to
shape Thailand as a Buddhist kingdom. Blasting apart the
widely accepted image of the king as egalitarian and
virtuous, Handley convincingly portrays an anti-democratic
monarch who, together with allies in big business and the
corrupt Thai military, has protected a centuries-old,
barely-modified feudal dynasty. When at nineteen Bhumibol
assumed the throne after the still-unsolved shooting of
his brother, the Thai monarchy had been stripped of power
and prestige. Over the ensuing decades, Bhumibol became
the paramount political actor in the kingdom, crushing
critics while attaining high status among his people. The
book details this process and depicts Thailand's unique
constitutional monarch in the full light of the facts.
588 0 Print version record.
600 00 Bhumibol Adulyadej,|cKing of Thailand,|d1927-2016
600 07 Bhumibol Adulyadej,|cKing of Thailand,|d1927-|2fast
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650 7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY|xHistorical.|2bisacsh
650 7 HISTORY.|2bisacsh
650 7 Kings and rulers.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00987694
651 0 Thailand|xKings and rulers|vBiography.
651 0 Thailand|xKings and rulers.
651 7 Thailand.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01205310
655 7 Biography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423686
776 08 |iPrint version:|aHandley, Paul M., 1955-|tKing never
smiles.|dNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2006
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