Routledge Curzon | 2004 | ISBN 0415326028 | PDF | 240 pages | 1.3 MB
Beginning with the restoration of diplomatic relations between the US and Cambodia in 1969, this book is the first to systematically explore the controversial issues and events surrounding
the relationship between the two countries in the latter half of the
twentieth century. This book traces how the secret bombing of Cambodia,
the coup which overthrew Prince Sihanouk and the American invasion ofCambodia in
1970 led to a brutal civil war followed by the savagery of the Khmer
Rouge 'killing fields'. Clymer carefully examines the American role in
these tragic events before analyzing the American response to the
Vietnamese invasion in 1978, which finally drove the Khmer Rouge from
power. The book also highlights
how hostility to the government installed by the Vietnamese led the US
to attempt to undermine it by assisting the Khmer Rouge. It closes with
an examination of the key role
the US played in the United Nations assisted settlement of the
Cambodian problem in the early 1990s. The companion volume to this book
The United States and Cambodia, 1870-1969, explores from the first
American relations with Cambodia, through the Cold War era, up until
the late 1960s. Based on extensive archival research in the United
States, Australia and Cambodia, this is the most comprehensive account
of the United States' troubled relationship with Cambodia and will be
of enormous interest to scholars of Southeast Asia, US diplomatic
history and US foreign policy.
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