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| Kingdom of Thailand ราชอาณาจักรไทย | |
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| Capital and largest city | Bangkok |
| Dominant mode of production | Capitalism |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Vajiralongkorn |
• Prime Minister | Srettha Thavisin |
| Area | |
• Total | 513,120 km² |
| Population | |
• 2024 estimate | 66,041,239 |
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a US-backed monarchy in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Laos and Cambodia to the east, Myanmar to the west and Malaysia to the south.
History[edit | edit source]
Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351–1767)[edit | edit source]
See main article: Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351–1767)
Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782 –1932)[edit | edit source]
See main article: Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782 –1932)
Contemporary Thailand[edit | edit source]
The United States used Thailand as a base for its bombings of Vietnam and Laos during the Resistance War. The number of U.S. soldiers occupying Thailand reached 40,000, including 365 Green Berets fighting against guerrillas within Thailand.[1]
The baht failed in 1997, leading to a regional economic crisis that made Singapore and other countries rely on IMF loans.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ William Blum (2002). Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower: 'A Concise History of United States Global Interventions, 1945 to the Present' (pp. 116–117). [PDF] Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 9781842772201 [LG]
- ↑ Vijay Prashad (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World: 'Singapore' (p. 255). [PDF] The New Press. ISBN 9781595583420 [LG]