目次
A dhammaraja from America -- From pure blood to dynastic failure -- 1932: revolution and exile -- Restoration to regicide -- Revenge of the monarchists, 1946-49 -- Romance in Lausanne: Bhumibol prepares to reign -- The Cold War, 1952-57 -- Field Marshal Sarit: the palace finds its strongman -- Bhumibol in the 1960's: a dhammaraja's brilliance unfolds -- Going to war -- Reborn Democrat? -- Royal vigilantism and massacre, 1974-76 -- What went wrong: cosmic panic, business failure, midcareer crisis -- Who's the enemy? -- In the king's image: the perfect general prem -- Family headaches -- Another coup for the throne -- May 1992: October 1976 redux -- Sanctifying royalty and stonewalling democracy in the 1990s -- Another family annus horribilis -- The economic crash and Bhumibol's new theory -- Going into seclusion: can the monarchy survive Bhumibol?