In Buddha's Company: Thai Soldiers in the Vietnam War

by Richard A. Ruth

In Buddha's Company explores a previously neglected aspect of the Vietnam War: the experiences of the Thai troops who served there and the attitudes and beliefs that motivated them to volunteer. Thailand sent nearly 40,000 volunteer soldiers to South Vietnam to serve alongside the Free World Forces in the conflict, but unlike the other foreign participants, the Thais came armed with historical and cultural knowledge of the region. Blending the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824834895
• ISBN13: 9780824834890
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"