Title

The Power of Friendship: Cal Poly’s Contract in Thailand and Reinterpreting Cold War Agency Through Relationships

Author(s) Information

Sean Martinez, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis ObispoFollow

Department - Author 1

History Department

Degree Name - Author 1

BA in History

Date

6-2015

Primary Advisor

Sarah Bridger

Abstract/Summary

From 1967 to 1973, Cal Poly was contracted by USAID to provide assistance to the Department of Vocational Education housed under the Royal Thai Government's Ministry of Education. This paper explores how the Cal Poly university administration and the members of the Cal Poly Team in Thailand expressed agency and decision making despite complex bureaucratic relationships and the larger international political conflict between the US and the USSR.

URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/histsp/33