Creak, Simon2015-12-101035-7823http://hdl.handle.net/1885/38609The National Games of 1961 and 1964 transformed the theatrics of state power in postcolonial Laos. While using modern sporting spectacle to promote national unity and progress in a context of Cold War division, the games were also embedded in an existingKeywords: Laos; Modernity; Phoumi nosavan; Postcolonialism; Sport; Theatre state; Theory of spectacle201010.1080/103578210038020112016-02-24