Troubled relations
Subtitle: the United States and Cambodia since 1870
By: Kenton J. Clymer.
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: DeKalb, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780875806150
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Foreign relations -- Cambodia; Cambodia -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1865-
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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.