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Kozo Yamamura (ed.), The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan. Volume 3. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990), xviii, 721 pp. Cloth $99.50

Kozo Yamamura (ed.), The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan. Volume 3. (New York:... 179 system between Bangkok and Northeast Thailand, a project jointly administered by the Joint U.S. Military Advisory group JUSMAG) and USAID. As perceived security threats changed over the years, development efforts correspondingly changed to assure that Thai security forces had access to geographic areas considered threatened by first, the People's Republic of China, and subsequently, the Pathet Lao, Communist Party of Thailand insurgents, and Vietnamese forces occupying Cambodia. In the 1980s, the perceived Communist threat receded along with a diminished Thai reliance on U.S. military support. Japan became the largest source of foreign aid in the region and Thai foreign policy changed to "omnidirectionality", a term describing the kingdom's continuing close ties with the U.S. as well as new openness with former adversaries. However, Muscat has chosen not to focus on this transformation, choosing instead to concentrate on more specific aid projects. Muscat's presentation is balanced, pointing out both successes (helping to trans- form the bureaucracy from its law-and-order and administrative roles to that of a promoter of economic development) and failures (low priority to problems of urban slums, crime, prostitution, deforestation). Readers interested in new insights into the domestic Thai political process will be disappointed. Muscat does http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies) Brill

Kozo Yamamura (ed.), The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan. Volume 3. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990), xviii, 721 pp. Cloth $99.50

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© 1992 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0021-9096
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10.1163/156852192X00290
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179 system between Bangkok and Northeast Thailand, a project jointly administered by the Joint U.S. Military Advisory group JUSMAG) and USAID. As perceived security threats changed over the years, development efforts correspondingly changed to assure that Thai security forces had access to geographic areas considered threatened by first, the People's Republic of China, and subsequently, the Pathet Lao, Communist Party of Thailand insurgents, and Vietnamese forces occupying Cambodia. In the 1980s, the perceived Communist threat receded along with a diminished Thai reliance on U.S. military support. Japan became the largest source of foreign aid in the region and Thai foreign policy changed to "omnidirectionality", a term describing the kingdom's continuing close ties with the U.S. as well as new openness with former adversaries. However, Muscat has chosen not to focus on this transformation, choosing instead to concentrate on more specific aid projects. Muscat's presentation is balanced, pointing out both successes (helping to trans- form the bureaucracy from its law-and-order and administrative roles to that of a promoter of economic development) and failures (low priority to problems of urban slums, crime, prostitution, deforestation). Readers interested in new insights into the domestic Thai political process will be disappointed. Muscat does

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Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1992

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