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Pridi Banomyong (1900-83) was one of the greatest figures in
twentieth-century Thailand. At the age of just twenty-seven, he
started the movement which led to the 1932 revolution against
Thailand's absolute monarchy. Through the 1930s, he introduced a
wide range of reforms in law, local administration, economic
policy, and foreign affairs. During the Second World War, he formed
the Seri Thai resistance movement against the Japanese occupation.
After the war, he served briefly as prime minister and became
deeply involved in the politics of the Asian region during
decolonization. From 1947 onwards, Pridi was opposed by US-backed
militarists who seized power by coup, murdered his associates,
overturned many of his liberal reforms, and established dictatorial
rule. In 1949 he fled into exile and never returned. Pridi by Pridi
contains nineteen selections from Pridi's writings, speeches, and
interviews which focus on his personal background and his active
political career from 1932 to 1949. They include a new translation
of the "outline economic plan" of 1932, which still excites
controversy today. They also include first-ever English
translations of Pridi's most important writings about the 1932
revolution, the Seri Thai movement, the monarchy, and his
contemporaries.
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