LEADER 03014nam 2200553 450 001 9910794670903321 005 20220602203151.0 010 $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 $a20220602d2020 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 210 1$aGateway East, Singapore :$cISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 177 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aIncludes index. 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. 606 $aArmies$zThailand 606 $aArmies$zBurma 607 $aBurma$xArmed Forces 615 0$aArmies 615 0$aArmies 676 $a355.009591 702 $aMontesano$b Michael John$cIII,$f1961- 702 $aChong$b Terence 702 $aPrac?hak Ko??ngki?rati 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794670903321 996 $aPraetorians, profiteers or professionals$93864898 997 $aUNINA