THAI-US ALLIANCE

Antony’s College, the Bodleian Library, the United States National Archives, the Mudd Library of Princeton University, the National Archives of Thailand, the National Library of Thailand, the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Library and Archives Division, the Thai National Assembly’s Library, the British Public Record Office, the SOAS Library and the Chatham House Press Library, without whose ass. [...] He readily grants the primacy of the superpowers and then defines the middle and small powers in terms of the politics of the former, and particularly in terms of the balance of power between them. [...] The advent of the colonial system and the intense projections of extraregional powers totally altered the balance of power and the shape of inter-state relations in the region. [...] In political terms, the move represented a realistic appraisal of the shift in the balance of power in Asia in the light of the advent of the Western colonial powers. [...] In essence, the 20 July ultimatum demanded the cession of Siam’s territories on the east bank of the Mekong including the islands; indemnities of 2 million francs; and the punishment of those responsible for the death of Grosgurin and for the attack on French ships.50 Later demands consisted of French occupation of Chantaburi pending evacuation by Siam of the east bank of the Mekong and the prohib.