Research Catalog

Title

Ontological security and status-seeking : Thailand's proactive behaviours during the Second World War / Peera Charoenvattananukul.

Author

Charoenvattananukul, Peera

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020.

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Details

Description

xii, 214 pages : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"How and why was it possible for a small state such as Thailand to challenge great powers France and Japan during the Second World War? Putting ontological security theory into dialogue with status seeking approaches, Charoenvattananukul uses a case study of Thailand in the early 1940s to interrogate the dynamics and logic of a small state foreign policy. During this period, Thailand's foreign policy can appear to be surprising, if viewed through a lens of survival imperatives which would assume that passivity towards more powerful states is the optimal policy. As the majority of states are small- and medium-sized it is very important to understand the imperatives that drive such states, especially in their interactions with great powers. In applying these frameworks to a small state, this book makes a unique and valuable contribution to the field of international relations theory. It will also be of great interest to scholars of twentieth century Thai history and of the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War."--

Series Statement

IR theory and practice in Asia

Alternative Title

Thailand's proactive behaviours during the Second World War

Subject

• 1782-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 > Thailand
• Diplomatic relations
• Thailand > Foreign relations > 1782-1945
• Thailand > Foreign relations > France
• France > Foreign relations > Thailand
• Thailand > Foreign relations > Japan
• Japan > Foreign relations > Thailand
• France
• Japan
• Thailand

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 21-2482

ISBN

• 9780367858179
• 0367858177
• 9781003015215 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000028010 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000027556 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000027785 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019045301

OCLC

1122715359

Author

Charoenvattananukul, Peera, author.

Title

Ontological security and status-seeking : Thailand's proactive behaviours during the Second World War / Peera Charoenvattananukul.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020.

Type of Content

text

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

IR theory and practice in Asia

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1782-1945

Other Form:

Online version: Charoenvattananukul, Peera. Ontological security and status-seeking First. New York : Routledge, 2020. 9781003015215 (DLC) 2019045302

Research Call Number

JFE 21-2482