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Book Synopsis Britain and Sihanouk's Cambodia by : Nicholas Tarling
Download or read book Britain and Sihanouk's Cambodia written by Nicholas Tarling and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diplomatic relations between Cambodia and Britain at the height of the Cold War provide unique insights into the overall foreign policies of both nations. King Norodom Sihanouk's strategy of preserving the independence and integrity of Cambodia through a policy of neutrality grew ever more challenging as the Cold War heated up in Indochina and conflict in Vietnam became a proxy war between the superpowers. Despite its alliance with the United States, Britain's diplomatic objectives in the region largely aligned with Cambodia's, and British criticism of US policy towards Cambodia was a problem in the alliance. British diplomatic records present a fascinating window into Cambodian decision-making, and the rationale behind Sihanouk's sometimes apparently irrational policies. The reports yield new insights into Sihanouk's efforts to sustain Cambodia's integrity vis-ˆ-vis its more powerful neighbours. Equally, a fine-grained analysis of British-Cambodia relations reveals much about the dynamics of British foreign policy in the period. Britain's ultimate dependence on its powerful American ally limited its influence in the region. After 1967, indeed, it ceased to have a strategic role. Over the period, British frustrations grew, even as it remained consistent in its foreign policy objectives and approaches.
Book Synopsis Before the Killing Fields by : Leslie Fielding
Download or read book Before the Killing Fields written by Leslie Fielding and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-10-24 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a gripping portrait of a country poised between peace and war. In the mid-1960s, Cambodia's position within South East Asia was highly vulnerable. The Americans were embroiled in war in Vietnam, the Viet Cong were gaining clandestine control over Cambodian frontier areas, while the Cambodian government - under the leadership of a charming but difficult Head of State, Prince Norodom Sihanouk - wanted nothing more than to preserve their neutrality and keep out of the war. Highly distrustful of any perceived foreign interference, the Cambodians had even rioted and attacked the American and British Embassies in Phnom Penh and their debris was still strewn on the streets when Leslie Fielding arrived in the city. Yet against this grim and dramatic backdrop, the daily round of international foreign policy somehow had to continue and "Before the Killing Fields" offers a compelling and fascinating account of how this was achieved. As well as a political history this is also a portrait of an exotic but overlooked country at a critical stage in its development. Violence, intrigue and even the supernatural mingle with issues of day-to-day management and office morale. From diplomatic meetings conducted in opium dens and dancing lessons with beautiful princesses at the Royal Palace to candid portraits of the rest of the international community of Phnom Penh, "Before the Killing Fields" is an illuminating insight into a lost world.
Book Synopsis Prince Sihanouk on Cambodia by : Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Download or read book Prince Sihanouk on Cambodia written by Prince Norodom Sihanouk and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Consul and the Cambodian King by : Colin Pratt
Download or read book The Consul and the Cambodian King written by Colin Pratt and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief synopsis of the memoirs of Colin Pratt and his working relationship with Prince, later King, Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, in a book of two parts. The first part is a basic memoir of the life to date of Colin Pratt, and the second part is a record of the strong relationship that developed between Sihanouk and Pratt beginning in the year 1966 and ending with Sihanouk's death in 2012. Pratt experienced a wide range of experiences and occupations prior to visiting Cambodia, during a fact-finding tour through the Vietnam War. He was particularly intrigued at the situation of a small and peaceful Cambodian kingdom ruled by one man in the midst of a regional war of considerable savagery and destruction. Drawn into assisting the Cambodians in creating means of income and industry that would quickly assist the development and ability to survive, Pratt travelled widely, studying the country's economy and instituting the means whereby rapid national income and development projects could be derived and so became, over the years, a firm friend and confidant of the then Prince Norodom Sihanouk.Following the coup that ousted the prince in 1970, in the subsequent rise and fall of Khmer Rouge, Pratt worked with the prince to establish the guerilla force, Armee Nationale Sihanoukiste, on the Thailand border to fight the invasion of Cambodia by the Vietnamese.The friendly relationship of two men continued up to the death of the then king, Norodom Sihanouk in 2012.
Book Synopsis Sihanouk Speaks by : John P. Armstrong
Download or read book Sihanouk Speaks written by John P. Armstrong and published by New York : Walker. This book was released on 1964 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Journey to the Kingdom of Cambodia by : Kalman Dubov
Download or read book Journey to the Kingdom of Cambodia written by Kalman Dubov and published by Kalman Dubov. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kingdom of Cambodia has an ancient pedigree, a time when its people first established small principalities which evolved in small kingdoms. These kingdoms merged, often violently, eventually establishing the great Angkorian kingdom of the Khmer. The great building complex known as Angkor Wat, an achievement of stupendous proportion, whose dimensions are still being determined, is a product of the Khmer Empire. The empire was subject to much tension, both internally from competing nobles who sought to ascend the powerful throne, to outside kingdoms who tried to invade and subjugate the Khmer. Vietnam to the east, and further south also to the east, was the Cham Empire, while to the west was the Thai. These three kingdoms warred with the Khmer, eventually reducing it from grandeur. After the Khmer Empire fell, Cambodia entered a Dark Ages, a period of 431 years, from 1431 to 1862, years of scant records. Historians today try to reconstruct why the empire fell and why its people moved from the Siem Reap area and why records from this time are almost entirely unknown. In 1862, France became Cambodia's protector, defending its autonomy from both Vietnam and Thailand (Siam) who were both nibbling at either end of Cambodia. The Protectorate ended in 1942 when the Japanese occupied the land, followed by the return of the French in 1945, after the end of the Second World War. As in other countries subjugated by colonist powers, the defeat of France encouraged Cambodian nationalists to fight for a return to independence and autonomy. It is in this crucible that the Khmer Rouge, a communist-inspired group, began an insurrection against the French, and later against the Cambodian government. The Khmer Rouge, inspired by nihilistic beliefs, came to power in 1975 and began the tragic genocide of the Cambodian people. Between a quarter to a third of the people were murdered, representing the best and the elite of its society. There were many actors in this saga, both ancient and modern. I review these persons, to the extent known and the roles they played in Cambodian history and the effect it has had on the country today. The character of Pol Pot, mastermind and leader of the Khmer Rouge, is of special importance. I review his strange way of not identifying with a leadership role until absolutely necessary. But the menace of this man went much deeper; through guile and bland smiles, he allayed fear about himself, though he ordered the murder of those closest to him. Yet, even as they were led away, they disbelieved the order for their deaths, believing that if they could but have a moment with him, all would be set right. Even those closest to him did not see him for the monster he really was. He was a master at guile and deception, with none seeing the man as the monster of terror and destruction. Even in the Far East where exhibiting emotion and genuine feeling is shunned to the nth degree, this man’s ability to remain hidden reflects the ultimate achievement. But he brought ruin to his nation, with today’s loss of the elite of the country. I spent two months in Cambodia, visiting and researching material for this review. During my time there, I visited the only synagogue in the country, the Chabad House in Phnom Penh. It was then that I became aware of an amazing fact: a granddaughter of royalty celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in the capital, attended by members of the royal family. The story of how a member of the Cambodian royal family became Jewish is itself an incredible development. Cambodia today is a Third World country, with many attractions, both superb and revolting. At core, its representations reflect the saga of humanity, whose pages are sometimes elevating and also horrific. I describe my journey to this corner of Asia, hoping I've done justice to its many contours and personalities.
Book Synopsis Preah Norodom Sihanouk by : Cambodia. Krasuaṅ Phaenkār
Download or read book Preah Norodom Sihanouk written by Cambodia. Krasuaṅ Phaenkār and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Britain and the Origins of the Vietnam War by : T. Smith
Download or read book Britain and the Origins of the Vietnam War written by T. Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-08-10 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British foreign policy towards Vietnam illustrates the evolution of Britain's position within world geopolitics, 1943-1950. It reflects the change of the Anglo-US relationship from equality to dependence, and demonstrates Britain's changing association with its colonies and with the other European imperial spheres within Southeast Asia.
Book Synopsis War and Hope by : Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Download or read book War and Hope written by Prince Norodom Sihanouk and published by Sidgwick & Jackson. This book was released on 1980 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The British and the Vietnam War by : Nicholas Tarling
Download or read book The British and the Vietnam War written by Nicholas Tarling and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, the British government sought to avoid escalation of the war in Vietnam and to help bring about peace. The thinking that lay behind these endeavours was often insightful and it is hard to argue that the attempt was not worth making, but the British government was able to exert little, if any, influence on a power with which it believed it had, and needed, a special relationship. Drawing on little-used papers in the British archives, Nicholas Tarling describes the making of Britain’s Vietnam policy during a period when any compromise proposed by London was likely to be seen in Washington as suggestive of defeat, and attempts to involve Moscow in the process over-estimated the USSR’s influence on a Hanoi determined on reunification.
Book Synopsis Cambodia's Second Kingdom by : Astrid Noren-Nilsson
Download or read book Cambodia's Second Kingdom written by Astrid Noren-Nilsson and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cambodia's Second Kingdom is an exploration of the role of nationalist imaginings, discourses, and narratives in Cambodia since the 1993 reintroduction of a multiparty democratic system. Competing nationalistic imaginings are shown to be a more prominent part of party political contestation in the Kingdom of Cambodia than typically believed. For political parties, nationalistic imaginings became the basis for strategies to attract popular support, electoral victories, and moral legitimacy. Astrid Norén-Nilsson uses uncommon sources, such as interviews with key contemporary political actors, to analyze Cambodia’s postconflict reconstruction politics. This book exposes how nationalist imaginings, typically understood to be associated with political opposition, have been central to the reworking of political identities and legitimacy bids across the political spectrum. Norén-Nilsson examines the entanglement of notions of democracy and national identity and traces out a tension between domestic elite imaginings and the liberal democratic framework in which they operate
Book Synopsis Fallacies in the Allied Nations' Historical Perception as Observed by a British Journalist by : Henry Scott Stokes
Download or read book Fallacies in the Allied Nations' Historical Perception as Observed by a British Journalist written by Henry Scott Stokes and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1941, Imperial Japan rapidly brought an end to the British Empire in Asia. Because a non-white race dared to upset the white colonialists’ status quo in Asia, the British resented the Japanese long after the war. Mr. Henry Scott-Stokes states that he held such a view as well before arriving in Japan as a foreign correspondent. Mr. Scott-Stokes writes of his transformation, of uncritical acceptance of the western colonialist’s version of the Greater East Asian War, the so-called Pacific War, to realization of its absolute vacuousness. “[The Japanese],” he states, “were supposed to simply accept, without any criticism or opposition whatsoever, the noble wisdom of civilization [the verdicts of the Tokyo Trials].” Mindless parroting of historical fabrications by modern Japanese suggests a loss of national consciousness, of what it means to be Japanese, as Yukio Mishima expressed in his discussions with Mr. Scott-Stokes. Japan lost her independence to America and is merely a protectorate and not a nation with her own culture and history. Japanese people need to take it upon themselves to change this situation. Mr. Stokes’ mother-in-law, however, wryly commented that today’s Japanese are cowards, so it will take another 200 or 300 years.
Download or read book Sihanouk written by Milton Osborne and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1941 Norodom Sihanouk ascended the Cambodian throne, supported by the French with the intent that he be their puppet king. Milton Osborne traces the complete background leading to this event, and then follows Sihanouk's remarkable growth to political maturity: his transformation from a dilettante king to a vigorous and sometimes ruthless politician. Fully acknowledging his remarkable energy, the book shows how the early years of Sihanouk's successes turned sour as, unwilling to share responsibility, he gradually alienated politicians on both the left and the right. Convinced that he alone knew what was best for Cambodia, his repression of dissent became more vicious and led finally to his overthrow in 1970.
Book Synopsis Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia by : Great Britain. Central Office of Information
Download or read book Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia written by Great Britain. Central Office of Information and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Statement by H.R.H Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Chief of State of the Kingdom of Cambodia and Chairman of the Cambodian Delegation to the 15th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations by : Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Download or read book Statement by H.R.H Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Chief of State of the Kingdom of Cambodia and Chairman of the Cambodian Delegation to the 15th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations written by Prince Norodom Sihanouk and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Congressional Record by : United States. Congress
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Book Synopsis Statement by H.R.H. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Chief of State of the Kingdom of Cambodia and CHairman of the Cambodian Delegation to the 15th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (General Debate), September 29, 1960 by : Narodom Sihanouk (Prince)
Download or read book Statement by H.R.H. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Chief of State of the Kingdom of Cambodia and CHairman of the Cambodian Delegation to the 15th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (General Debate), September 29, 1960 written by Narodom Sihanouk (Prince) and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
