{"product_id":"cold-war-monks-eugene-ford-9780300218565","title":"Cold War Monks: Buddhism and America's Secret Strategy in Southeast Asia","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe groundbreaking account of U.S. clandestine efforts to use Southeast Asian Buddhism to advance Washington's anticommunist goals during the Cold War\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How did the U.S. government make use of a \"Buddhist policy\" in Southeast Asia during the Cold War despite the American principle that the state should not meddle with religion? To answer this question, Eugene Ford delved deep into an unprecedented range of U.S. and Thai sources and conducted numerous oral history interviews with key informants. Ford uncovers a riveting story filled with U.S. national security officials, diplomats, and scholars seeking to understand and build relationships within the Buddhist monasteries of Southeast Asia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This fascinating narrative provides a new look at how the Buddhist leaderships of Thailand and its neighbors became enmeshed in Cold War politics and in the U.S. government's clandestine efforts to use a predominant religion of Southeast Asia as an instrument of national stability to counter communist revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eugene Ford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300218567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300218565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018","brand":"Eugene Ford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448790823167,"sku":"9780300218565","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bbfdc2c6-9d4b-40fd-8001-9f3241241e71.jpg?v=1777260566","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cold-war-monks-eugene-ford-9780300218565","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}