 Marshall's view is that an explanation of Ananda's death is that he was shot accidentally by his younger brother Bhumipol, hence he goes on to say "Krueger’s book, published in 1964 after extensive research and considerable assistance from Subhasvasti, in his opinion had the purpose of demolishing the case against Pridi.The problem was that an alternative explanation for Ananda’s death had to be provided.And to conclude that Bhumibol was responsible was, of course, totally unacceptable to the royalist establishment – the book was supposed to enable détente between Rama IX and Pridi, not to declare full-scale
war.