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Jittipat Poonkham examines Thailand's changing relations with Russia and China during the long 1970s. He traces the emergence of détente and asks how the familiar image of flexible, bending-with-the-wind diplomacy became a way of explaining Thai foreign policy.
The chapters follow diplomatic initiatives under Thanat Khoman, Kukrit Pramoj, Chatichai Choonhavan and Kriangsak Chomanan. Archival evidence and interviews connect these changes with the Vietnam War, shifting relations with the United States and domestic struggles over foreign policy. This complete 2022 diplomatic history develops research presented in the author's 2018 doctoral thesis and retains its bibliography.