Aftermath of Alliance: The Wartime Legacy in Thai-Japanese Relations

At the end of World War II, American Office of Strategic Service (OSS) officers in Bangkok were dismayed to discover that, contrary to their expectations, the Thai showed little animosity toward the Japanese. The OSS unit reported in August 1945 that ‘there has been very little in the way of hostile...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Southeast Asian studies (Singapore) 1990-03, Vol.21 (1), p.66-87
1. Verfasser:	Reynolds, E. Bruce
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alliances Armies ASIA Diplomatic relations History International alliances INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JAPAN Japanese (Asian people) Japanese culture Japanese foreign relations Japanese in Thailand Legacies Police Soldiers Thai foreign relations THAILAND War War economics World War II World wars
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Zusammenfassung:	At the end of World War II, American Office of Strategic Service (OSS) officers in Bangkok were dismayed to discover that, contrary to their expectations, the Thai showed little animosity toward the Japanese. The OSS unit reported in August 1945 that ‘there has been very little in the way of hostile reaction’. Japanese accounts confirm this, with a Foreign Ministry study, for example, concluding: ‘The general attitude of Thai officials and citizens toward Japan just after the war's end was relatively sympathetic….’
ISSN:	0022-4634 1474-0680
DOI:	10.1017/S002246340000196X