THE ROLES OF AMERICA AND THAI STATE IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE SOCIOECONOMIC CHANGES IN THE EASTERN THAILAND DURING THE VIETNAM WAR (1955 – 1975)
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ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างอเมริกาและไทย, รัฐไทยกับการพัฒนาเศรษฐกิจ, การเปลี่ยนแปลงของเศรษฐกิจสังคมของภาคตะวันออก, สงครามเวียดนามAbstract
This article aims to study the roles and effects of America and Thai state in performing Thailand development during the post WW2 era until 1975 when the Vietnam War was ended. By that specific period, the United States took the important role in many perspectives of Thai national development especially economics and security. The role of the United States not only affected Thailand nationwide but the specific region namely the Eastern part of Thailand where its socioeconomic was changed. The Eastern coast became the centered resource area of national production to serve the enlargement of capitalism. Since the Eastern region was the strategic area of the battle in Vietnam War, this area was intensively developed. This article also aims to present the linkage between the external factors (such as the global contexts, regional contexts) and the internal factors so that the socioeconomic changes in the Eastern Thailand would be explained clearly.
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