Chief Commanders of the Legion of Merit - Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, George VI of the United Kingdom (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 110. Chapters: Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, George VI of the United Kingdom, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Olav V of Norway, Georgy Zhukov, Claude Auchinleck, Michael of Romania, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Dra a Mihailovi, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, Arthur Coningham, John Cunningham, Victor Crutchley, Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, Max Kennedy Horton, Bertram Ramsay, Giampaolo Di Paola, Charles Walter Allfrey. Excerpt: Bhumibol Adulyadej (Sanskrit: (Atulyatej Bhumibol)(RTGS: Phumiphon Adunyadet; Thai: , pronounced; see full title below; born 5 December 1927) is the current King of Thailand. He is known as Rama IX (and within the Thai royal family and to close associates simply as Lek). Having reigned since 9 June 1946, he is the world's longest-serving current head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history. He was admitted to Siriraj Hospital in September 2009 for flu and pneumonia. Rumors about his ill-health caused Thai financial markets to tumble in October 2009. Although Bhumibol is legally a constitutional monarch, he has made several decisive interventions in Thai politics. He was credited with facilitating Thailand's transition to democracy in the 1990s, although he has supported numerous military regimes, including Sarit Dhanarajata's during the 1960s and the Council for National Security in 2006-8. During his long reign, he has seen over 15 coups, 16 constitutions, and 27 changes of prime ministers. He has also used his influence to stop milita...