Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- About the Contributors
- 1 Introduction: Two Mainland Southeast Asian Militaries in Comparative Perspective
- 2 A New Tatmadaw with Old Characteristics
- 3 Thailand’s Military: Ideology and Sense of Mission
- 4 The Defence Expenditures and Commercial Interests of the Tatmadaw
- 5 The Economic Role of the Thai Military: A Commercial Logic to Coups?
- 6 Epilogue: Controlling or Playing Politics?
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 October 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- About the Contributors
- 1 Introduction: Two Mainland Southeast Asian Militaries in Comparative Perspective
- 2 A New Tatmadaw with Old Characteristics
- 3 Thailand’s Military: Ideology and Sense of Mission
- 4 The Defence Expenditures and Commercial Interests of the Tatmadaw
- 5 The Economic Role of the Thai Military: A Commercial Logic to Coups?
- 6 Epilogue: Controlling or Playing Politics?
- Index
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- Information
- Praetorians, Profiteers or Professionals?Studies on the Militaries of Myanmar and Thailand, pp. 168 - 177Publisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak InstitutePrint publication year: 2020