Thaksin

by Chris Baker, Pasuk Phongpaichit, Chris Baker

In the early 1990s, Thaksin Shinawatra came from nowhere to become a multi-billionaire in just four years.

In 2001, he was elected prime minister on a single-minded promise to accelerate Thailand to first-world status through unrestrained capitalist growth. In 2009, over video link from exile in Dubai, he urged thousands of red-shirted supporters to revolution, provoking days of street fighting and the biggest-ever domestic operation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9749511794
• ISBN13: 9789749511794
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher