| Troubled Relations: The United States and Cambodia Since 1870 Contributor(s): Clymer, Kenton (Author) |
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ISBN: 0875806155 ISBN-13: 9780875806150 Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2007 Annotation: This accessible overviewbased on Clymers 2004 prize-winning historytraces U.S. relations with Cambodia and offers fresh insights on American diplomacy. Troubled Relations will interest those concerned with American diplomatic history, Cold War history, the Vietnam War, or Southeast Asia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 327.730 |
| LCCN: 2007004624 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.35" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the beginnings in 1870, American relations with Cambodia were rarely easy. In this abridged and updated version of his definitive history, Clymer examines the effects of U.S. interactions with Cambodia, tracing the disruptions that climaxed during the Vietnam War when U.S. planes bombed perceived enemy strongholds within Cambodia. The attacks led to Cambodia's involvement in the war and to civil war, from which the Khmer Rouge emerged victorious. Nearly one third of Cambodia's population died under the Khmer Rouge's genocidal rule. Clymer shows how diplomatic neglect, misperceptions, misunderstandings, and poorly conceived policies contributed to these tragic events. In the 1990s, the United States finally worked with the United Nations to broker the settlement of conflict in Cambodia. |