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Article: The King Is Not Amused: Ban In Thailand Boosts Book.
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- Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2006
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Byline: Kim Martineau
Oct. 30--NEW HAVEN -- The king of Thailand may be the world's longest serving monarch and possibly the most adored. But not everyone thinks King Bhumibol Adulyadej deserves the royal treatment. An American journalist has taken a critical look at how a king who portrays himself as above politics has shrewdly wielded his power over the past 60 years, undermining the democratic process. This past spring, a delegation of Thai officials met with the president of Yale University in New Haven to try to stop the publication of "The King Never Smiles." The trip was a bust: the book went to print and Thailand quickly banned it. But this academic ...
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