It was different because it remained independent during the colonial era when the rest of South East Asia was colonized. It modernized itself and worked with both British and French colonies but remained independent and chose who they wanted to work with. The territory of Siam is what is nowadays known as Thailand, so you can see that Thailand managed to develop itself and its culture independently of the colonizers who ran rampant among the South East Asian region and which caused many wars in recent times.
<span>Dwight D. Eisenhower
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<span>Where I see nationalism portrayed most in America today is every year at the Navy-Army football game. Every single person at the game has a sense of pride in this country because they or one of their loved ones has served or died for it. It is more than a game its a gathering of people who want to honor the military service members. The best example of this at the game is after all the points are scored and the game is over both teams gather in the endzone and sing. They sing there school fight songs to the cadets and the midshipman and it brings many fans to tears because this is the point where they realize that all these young men and women stand for something more.</span>
Refugees of Vietnamese people from the Vietnam War.
