LEADER 03033nam 2200505 450 001 9910511470403321 005 20220120211510.0 010 $a981-4881-76-7 024 7 $a10.1355/9789814881760 035 $a(CKB)4100000011913294 035 $a(OCoLC)1248759509 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse99744 035 $a(DE-B1597)582792 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789814881760 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6659280 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6659280 035 $a(OCoLC)1260346956 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9789814881760 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011913294 100 $a20211005d2020|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aPraetorians, profiteers or professionals? $estudies on the militaries of Myanmar and Thailand /$fedited by Michael J. Montesano, Terence Chong, Prajak Kongkirati ; with an epilogue by Robert H. Taylor$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aSingapore :$cISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 177 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2021). 311 0 $a981-4881-75-9 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgements --$tAbout the Contributors --$t1. Introduction: Two Mainland Southeast Asian Militaries in Comparative Perspective --$t2. A New Tatmadaw with Old Characteristics --$t3. Thailand's Military: Ideology and Sense of Mission --$t4. The Defence Expenditures and Commercial Interests of the Tatmadaw --$t5. The Economic Role of the Thai Military: A Commercial Logic to Coups? --$t6. Epilogue: Controlling or Playing Politics? --$tIndex 330 $aPraetorians, Profiteers or Professionals? contributes to the ongoing renaissance in scholarship on Southeast Asia's armed forces and their political, social and economic roles. This renaissance comes in an era in which the states of the region, and the societies and economies that they govern, have grown complex beyond all recognition. Nevertheless, understanding those states' armies remains crucial. Emphasizing the ideologies and economic activities of the militaries of two large Mainland Southeast Asian neighbours, this volume transcends cliches about coups, coercion, caudillos and kings. Its findings will challenge the thinking of even long-time observers of the region, not least through its comparative perspective and the fresh understanding of the roles and orientations of the armed forces of Myanmar and Thailand that that perspective suggests. 607 $aBurma$xArmed Forces 607 $aThailand$xArmed Forces 676 $a355.009591 702 $aMontesano$b Michael John$cIII,$f1961- 702 $aChong$b Terence 702 $aKongkirati$b Prajak 702 $aTaylor$b Robert H.$f1943- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910511470403321 996 $aPraetorians, profiteers or professionals$92551651 997 $aUNINA