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Having lived in NZ for 62 years I now fully comprehend my abysmal ignorance of Asia as there is so little in the way of worthwhile commentary in our media...the old Queen takes precedence.

Staying with my son in Bangkok, who is ensuring I learn via his mini-lectures and books, including Kishore Mahbubani's "The Asian Hemisphere", FTA's etc. has given me the impetus to address my total lack of comprehension of geopolitics, history, economics etc. in this area.

Please recommend or tell me what you have found rewarding....thanks in anticipation.

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Not really what you are asking for, but if you like local fiction try to read a few of Jake Needham or Christopher G. Moore's books. Good entertaining local reading.

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Wyatt, David K.; Thailand: A Short History; Silkworm Books, Chiang Mai 2004

Also published by Yale University Press, Second Edition, 2003

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Siam Smiles is good for a newbie. It's funny and somewhat exagerated at times but a good primer for interfacing with Thailand. Easy reading.

Author is Hugh Watson

Bangkok books

there are two about he who cannot be named that are well worth a read.

oh, and anything by andrew hicks, we will be around shortly to engage us with amusing anecdotes and dazzle us with subtle self promotion.

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Totally fictional, and centred around the highlands of Laos, but Tom Robbins' Villa Incognito (2003 - Bantam-Dell/Random House: ISBN 1 86325 410 2) is a bit of a classic IMHO. 240 pages in paperback, and good fun reading with regards the author's insights into Bangkok as well as other related places and times.

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Thanks for your comments: net time always ran out before I could read thread or post.

Meantime I've found very interesting:

"The Thai Village Economy in the Past" by ChatthipNartsupha

"Free Trade Agreements/Thailand experience by ftawatch (www.ftawatch.org which I've yet to visit)

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