Abstract:
From 1933 to 1997 A.D., the images of Field Marshal Pibulsonggram had been reproduced and/or adjusted. They can be divided into three chronologically-ordered groups: 1. 1933-1944: it was the beginning of all images: the soldier-revolutionist, the Thai nationalist leader, and the dictator; 2. 1944-1964: the production of the dictator image was continued by mass media, while Field Marshal Pibulsonggram and his family tried to correct that image; 3. 1964-1997: the development of Thai historical study contributed to both reproducing the image of nationalist leader and neutralizing the negative image of Field Marshal Pibulsonggram.