Richard A. Ruth, Assistant Professor  

Thailand, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

The United States Naval Academy
572 Holloway Road, Annapolis, MD 21402

ruth@usna.edu

Education:

  • Ph.D. - Cornell University (History)
  • M.A. - Cornell University (History)
  • M.A. - Cornell University (Asian Studies)
  • B.A. - Boston University (English Literature)

Publications:

In Buddha's Company: Thai Soldiers in the Vietnam War  (University Of Hawaii Press, 2010)

"Dressing for Modern War in Old-Fashioned Magic: Traditional Protective Charms of Thailand's Forces in the Vietnam War" in Julius Bautista (ed.), The Spirit of Things: Materiality and Religious Diversity in Southeast Asia (Ithaca, New York: Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2012) 

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