Iyo Jim Thompson ngano

Hupenyu hwe Jim thompson in Tairendi rinenge ngano. Kana iwe wakamboenda kuThailand, saka zita iro rinozivikanwa uye iwe zvakare unoziva zvishoma nezve zvaakaita.

Uyu weAmerica akauya kuBangkok kunopera kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, mubasa remutungamiri weCIA. Akawana mukurumbira semugamuchiri, bon vivant, esthete uye muunganidzi wemifananidzo. Akatanga bhizinesi resirika rinoyevedza, richine zita rake, uye akavaka imba ichiri kukwezva vashanyi zvikuru muBangkok. Muna 1967, akanyangarika zvisinganzwisisike, izvo zvakakonzera kuti pave nengano inokura pamusoro pake.

Bhuku idzva rakabudiswa naJoshua Kurlantzick, muongorori wezvematongerwo enyika weSoutheast Asia, uyo, achipenda mufananidzo wakadzama weThompson, anowedzera chakavanzika mumamiriro eHondo Yemashoko muUnited States neSoutheast Asia.

Talent

Thompson akaberekerwa mumhuri yakapfuma kuEast Coast uye akapedza hudiki hwake nenzira yakasununguka, achifamba mu "socialist" madenderedzwa pamusoro pazvo. Ava pakati pemakore makumi matatu, akaziva kuti akanga ava kubva munzanga uye akatsvaka basa raizomubvumira kuita basa muHondo Yenyika II. Nerimwe rombo rakanaka, asi zvakare nekuda kwetarenda rake rakaratidza mukudzidziswa - chimwe chinhu icho vanhu vaisambofunga kuti zvinogoneka nekuda kwehupenyu hwake hwepakutanga - akawana basa rakanaka neOSS, akatungamira CIA ndokuenda kuThailand hondo payakapera.

MaAmerican aionekwa sevasununguri veThailand, vaigara mudzimba dzakanaka uye vakasangana nevanhu vazhinji vakakosha. Mutemo weAmerica wakaitwa ipapo, nekuti chokwadi vanhu vekuAmerica vaiziva zvishoma nezveThailand. Munzvimbo iyi yekufunga, Thompson nemamwe mapiyona vakawana mukana wekutanga kuonana nevenyika nevanoda nyika kuitira kuti vashande vakananga kunguva itsva yerusununguko uye democracy.

Thompson akashamwaridzana naPridi Banomyong uye akashamwaridzana neproto-revolutionaries muIndo-China, kusanganisira Ho Chi Minh. Akatangawo bhizimisi remicheka yesirika. Nekudaro, iyo nguva isina kujeka mune zvematongerwo enyika yeAmerica haina kugara kwenguva refu. Pakazosvika ma1950, pfungwa muWashington yaive yekuti avo vaitenda murusununguko nekuenzana vangangove kana kuti vaizove macommunist. Mutemo weAmerica wakabva watarisa kudzoreredza nekutsigira hutongi hwemauto hwekare kuti vabvise "makomunisti" aya. Thompson akarasikirwa nerutsigiro rwakawanda kubva kuCIA kubva ku1947, sei chaizvo hazvina kujeka. Shamwari dzake dzezvematongerwo enyika muBangkok dzakadzingwa muhutapwa (saPridi) kana kungourayiwa.

MaAmerican achiri kuratidzira achipokana nesarudzo yezvematongerwo enyika yakazotungamira kuHondo yeVietnam, asi akawedzera kuve mutoro paCIA. Kuferefeta kwakatangwawo mu "zviitwa zvake zvisiri zveAmerica", asi hapana mhosva yakaitika. Thompson akaita zvakanaka kuburikidza nemaXNUMXs kunyanya nekuda kwemukurumbira uye kuita pundutso kwebhizinesi rake resirika, asiwo nekuda kwemukurumbira wake semuenzi, muenzi, muunganidzi wemifananidzo uye "hunhu" hwake.

Kusiyanisa

Mune mamwe emhando dzakanakisa dzebhuku rino, Kurlanzick anosiyanisa nzira dzeThompson uye imwe Willis Shiri. Shiri yakanga isina hukama hwezvematongerwo enyika uye yaida kupindirana pakati peWashington nemumwe munhu. Akave mukomana aifarirwa nevadzvanyiriri vemauto eThailand, achiita basa rakasviba reHondo yeIndochina nekuchengetedza Washington kubva mumhepo. Shiri ndiye aive muAmerica akanyarara asi akashata, ukuwo basa raThompson rakaramba richiderera nekuda kwekubuda pachena kwake. Shiri yakapfuma ikagara kusvika yachembera, ukuwo hupenyu hwaThompson hwakadonha seimba yemakadhi.

Pakazosvika ma1960, Bangkok inoyevedza yaidiwa naThompson zvakanyanya yakanga yachinja nerutsigiro rweAmerica. Mudiwa wake Laos akabhombwa neveAmerica. Bhizinesi rake resirika rakanga rakakomberedzwa nevakwikwidzi uye maartist-off. Pakasvika pakati pemaXNUMX akanga ava kurwara, kuora mwoyo uye kushatirwa kwenguva pfupi.

Kufungidzira

Kurlantzick haana humbowo hutsva hwekunyangarika kwake kamwe kamwe, asi ane tarisiro yakanaka yekutarisisa kunoshamisa kutsakatika kwake kwaakatambira. Anobvunza runyerekupe rwekuti akafa mutsaona, achipihwa kuti hapana chekutsvagisa kwakawanda kwakaratidza humbowo hweizvi. Anorambidzawo kuzviuraya. Anowanzodavira kuti akangobviswa nebhizimisi kana kuti vavengi vezvematongerwe enyika. Neimwe innuendo, anonongedza munwe wake kuCIA, iyo isina kumboburitsa faira raThompson. Kurlantzick haafunge kana Thompson akanyangarika zvake, kunyangwe bhuku richipa mamwe mazano munzira iyoyo.

Kurlantzick inopa akawanda matsva ruzivo kubva kubvunzurudzo nevapukunyuki kubva kumadenderedzwa akatenderedza Thompson uye kubva kumagwaro ega. Bhizinesi, zvematongerwo enyika uye zvemunhu zvikamu zvechirongwa zvakanyatsopindirana, zvichiita kuti bhuku riverengeke zvakanyanya nenzira inozorodza. Anoratidza kuti maonero aThompson echinzvimbo cheUnited States muSoutheast Asia ave echokwadi. Kunyangwe iri riri bhuku rinonakidza kwazvo, rinoratidza hunhu hwaThompson mune zvakadzama, kune zvakare akawanda mavhesi asina kujeka asingakoshese kuchengetedzwa kwengano.

Iro bhuku (272 mapeji) rinonzi: The Ideal man, the tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American Way of War saka rakanyorwa naJoshua Kurlanzick. Muparidzi anoti: John Wiley & Sons Inc, New Jersey, 2011. Anowanikwa kubva kuKinokuniya neAsia Books ne825 Baht. ISBN: 978-0-470-08621-6. MuNetherlands, bhuku rinowanikwa paBol.com: www.chirk.net

Ongororo iyi pfupi yakanyorwa nemunyori wenhoroondo Chris Baker uye ichangobva kuburitswa muBangkok Post.

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