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Index
Cover
About the Author
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
A note on names
Map of Thailand
Preface to the second edition
Introduction: Telling the truth about Thailand
Part I: Royalty versus reality
1. ‘When the legends die, all collapses’ — Thailand’s political awakening
2. ‘In a never-never land, never mind’ — Welcome to the Land of Smiles
3. ‘Cosmological bluster’ — The dramatics of despotism
Part II: Thai-style democracy and its discontents
4. ‘Our country belongs to the people – not to the king’ — Thailand’s unfinished revolution
5. ‘I really am an elected king’ — The royalist revival
6. ‘There is magic, goodness and power in his heart’ — The deification of Rama
Part III: The secrets of succession
7. ‘Endless struggles for the throne’ — The causes of chronic palace conflict
8. ‘One neither walks, speaks, drinks, eats, nor cooks without some kind of ceremony’ — The pleasures and privations of being king
9. ‘I cannot afford to die’ — The tragedy of King Bhumibol
Part IV: Crisis and confrontation
10. ‘Living in horrifying times’ — Twilight of the oligarchy
11. ‘Coupmakers’ haunted dreams’ — Escalation and enlightenment
12. ‘Returning happiness to the people’ — Denying democracy, sabotaging succession
Epilogue: ‘Flip on the lights and flush out the ghosts’ — What the future holds
References
Index
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