An American Prayer,The Doors

Democracy in Thailand was born in Paris, a lofty ideal hatched by a handful of intellectuals. When the Peoples Party propelled Thailand into a democracy in 1932, most Thai people were not ready for it. They saw it only as a power game that diminished their most revered king and gave carte blanche to bottomless corruption by people in power. The next sixty years saw Thailand going through more than fifteen changes of government, at least tens of them by force. The usually bloodless coups turned bloodbath the last couple of times, with atrocities that made worlds headlines.

Democracy, Shaken & Stirred (2003),Win Lyovarin