Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Source material for the stories in this video:“The Ideal Man” by Joshua Kurlantzick, a Jim Thompson biography.“The Bangkok Editor” by Alexander MacDonald.“The Enduring Struggle: The History of The U.S. Agency for International Development” by John Norris.

The Patpong Museum (now closed).The Jim Thompson House Museum.