The Cambodian wars
Subtitle: clashing armies and CIA covert operations
By: Kenneth Conboy
Series: Modern war studies; Modern war studies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9780700619009
Subjects: Armies; Military History; American Espionage; Military relations; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States; Paramilitary forces; Political violence; Foreign relations; History
Description: Provides a complete assessment of CIA operations during the Khmer Republic's existence (1970-1975), in support of American military action in Vietnam, and during the Reagan and first Bush presidencies (1981-1991), when the CIA challenged Soviet expansion by supporting exiled royalists, Republicians, and others trying to expel the Vietnamese from their country.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-393) and index.
Table of contents: title: Springtime in Cambodia; title: Finger in the Dike; title: Finger on the Pulse; title: Requiem; title: Arrested Development; title: Trading Places; title: Fratricide; title: Parity; title: Pyrrhic Victories; title: Event Horizon; title: Dry Rot; title: Detente; title: Limelight; title: Phnom Penh Spring; title: White Pigeon; title: Paradigm Shift; title: Parting Shots; title: Aftermath.