About the Author

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Preface: The Making of the Book ix
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Thai Language Conventions xv
7. Acronyms xvii
8. Chronology of Major Events xix
9. Prologue. October 6, Wednesday Morning 1
10. Chapter 1. The Unforgetting of October 6 8
11. Chapter 2. The Massacre and Unanswered Questions 27
12. Chapter 3. The Beginning of Memories 53
13. Chapter 4. The Trial and the Beginning of Silence 75
14. Chapter 5. Disquieting Silence after 1978 96
15. Chapter 6. The Commemoration in 1996 118
16. Chapter 7. The Good Silence 142
17. Chapter 8. Sliding Memory 168
18. Chapter 9. Silence of the Wolf 188
19. Chapter 10. Praxis of Memory: The Octobrists 212
20. Epilogue. Haunting 231
21. Notes 243
22. References 271
23. Index 285
24. About the Author 299