Beginning in the 1800s, Asian nations were gradually falling under European rule.
Their biggest challenge would come twenty years later, with the introduction of World War II.
Siamese Sovereignty explores a variety.
Under difficult yet unprecedented circumstances, Thailand maintained its sovereignty.
Yet despite Europe\'s growing military, economic, and Political dominance in the Eastern hemisphere, one country prevailed as the sole nation untouched by colonialism
Thailand (then known as Siam).
Beginning in the 1800s, Asian nations were gradually falling under European rule