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The National Security of Developing States: Lessons from Thailand

AUTHOR Alagappa, Muthiah
PUBLISHER Praeger (11/30/1986)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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Several factors impact a developing nation's ability to manage its political and related security affairs. Thailand's search for national security is used to illustrate factors that underlie the security fabric of developing states. The author relates the state to the international environment as well as to substate elements, and analyzes the role of intra-country conflict in explaining the state's vulnerability to external intervention.
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ISBN-13: 9780865691520
ISBN-10: 0865691525
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 290
Carton Quantity: 16
Product Dimensions: 6.14 x 0.69 x 9.21 inches
Weight: 1.28 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Dust Cover, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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Technology & Engineering | Military Science
Technology & Engineering | General
Technology & Engineering | General
Dewey Decimal: 355.033
Library of Congress Control Number: UA853
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Several factors impact a developing nation's ability to manage its political and related security affairs. Thailand's search for national security is used to illustrate factors that underlie the security fabric of developing states. The author relates the state to the international environment as well as to substate elements, and analyzes the role of intra-country conflict in explaining the state's vulnerability to external intervention.
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Author: Alagappa, Muthiah
Muthiah Alagappa is Distinguished Senior Fellow at the East-West Center Washington. He is the editor of" Asian Security Order: Instrumental and Normative Features "(Stanford, 2003)," Coercion and Governance: The Declining Political Role of the Military in Asia "(Stanford, 2001)," Asian Security Practice: Material and Ideational Influences "(Stanford, 1998), and" Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia: The Quest for Moral Authority "(Stanford, 1995).
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