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Author: William Shawcross
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Publishing Date: Revised Edition, August 14, 2002
Paperback: 544 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 081541224X
ISBN-13: 978-0815412243
Format: Hardcover, Paperback
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Book Description
Although there are many books and films dealing with the Vietnam War, Sideshow tells the truth about America's secret and illegal war with Cambodia from 1969 to 1973. William Shawcross interviewed hundreds of people of all nationalities, including cabinet ministers, military men, and civil servants, and extensively researched U.S. Government documents. This full-scale investigation—with material new to this edition—exposes how Kissinger and Nixon treated Cambodia as a sideshow. Although the president and his assistant claimed that a secret bombing campaign in Cambodia was necessary to eliminate North Vietnamese soldiers who were attacking American troops across the border, Shawcross maintains that the bombings only spread the conflict, but led to the rise of the Khmer Rouge and the subsequent massacre of a third of Cambodia's population.

Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon, and the Destruction of Cambodia

By Admin | Thursday, December 29, 2011

Author: Justin Corfield, Laura Summers
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Publishing Date: December 17, 2002
Hardcover: 560 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0810845245
ISBN-13: 978-0810845244
Format: Hardcover
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Book Description
Over many centuries, and especially during the last century, Cambodia has experienced radical, even tumultuous changes in its political system and social order.

Chronicling this country's evolution from absolute monarchy in the pre-colonial era up to the semi-democracy of today, this dictionary focuses on the personalities, constitutional dynamics, and major economic developments of the recent Sihanouk, Lon Nol, Pol Pot and Hun Sen administrations.

Recognizing that considerable research remains to be done on Cambodia's political history and leaders, this reference work makes a large contribution to Cambodia and prominent Cambodians offering biographical details on the rulers, leaders, and opinion-makers from the time of Jayavarman II to Hun Sen. It also details key events and recent political developments and reveals unexpected continuities and discontinuities in elite composition and national ideological outlooks.

Historical Dictionary of Cambodia (Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East)

By Admin | Wednesday, December 21, 2011