Richard A. Ruth, Assistant Professor

Thailand, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Email:  ruth@usna.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. - Cornell University
• M.A. - Cornell University
• B.A. - Boston University

 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)