New Mandala

The Irrawaddy recently published a review I wrote (a long-time ago, I might add) of Ball and Mathieson’s Militia Redux: Or Sor and the Revival of Paramilitarism in Thailand.
Comments and questions from New Mandala readers are, as always, very welcome.

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This academic jamboree takes place every three years. All the usual subjects were on the agenda – Buddhism, weaving, democracy, the history of Ayutthaya, agrarian relations, and Thai arts. But there was also something new and different. Three panels were devoted to discussion of the monarchy. Another two focused on the sufficiency economy. And more [...]

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