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Divided Over Thaksin: Thailand’s Coup and Problematic Transition Wholesale “Martin Gainsborough’s Vietnam: Rethinking theThailands political problems attracted international attention when yellow shirted anti Thaksin protestors closed down Bangkoks international airports in November 2008; the following April pro Thaksin red shirts prevented an ASEANEast Asia Summit, and clashed violently with the army in the streets of Bangkok. Conflict between groups for and against former Prime Minister Thaksin has polarized Thai society. Under his watch, violence also returned to the