This thesis focuses on the origin, activities and adaptation of the communist movement in Phu Phan area including the effect of the communist movement on the local way of life during the peroid 1961 - 1982. The struggle of the communist movement in this area was caused by poverty and the relationship between the state and local people. The Communist Party of Thailand was able to inform peasants as to the cause of the problem and they convinced them to resolve the problem by joining in their movement. As a result of the suppression of the government, the communist movement found a new method in their strategy that was called "Pa num ban". The geography of Phu Phan was advantageous to the movement and activities of the communists. Although, geographical advantages made the movement expands over the area, the government could easily suppress them as well. In the years 1965 - 1982, the years of war between the communists and the government, using the jungle and supported by people in the local area, the fighting of the communist movement had an effect on the power of the government in this area. Considering all the internal and external factors in the communist movement, the decisive factor was conflict within Thai communist movement organization in the 1980s which leads to the end of the communist movement in Phu Phan in 1982.
