Who won the war?

Don't forget that Thailand declared war on the USA and the UK in 1942. So perhaps you could learn the Thai for 'Well, who won the war, then?'. The question will show your interest in the history of the country. Still, it would be fair to acknowledge the anti-Japanese movements within Thailand and the co-operation between these movements and the British and US forces. At the end of the war, Thailand might well have been treated as an enemy power. Any public recollections of, any memorials to, the war?

There remains in my mind the relationship between local religious beliefs, education, industrial structure, and suchlike and the inclination towards and practice of democratic forms.

Giles, Helen, Humphrey, and Ashley have been here. The news of the pregnancy was given to Ashley. If I recollect, it will be general news in about a week's time.