Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPacific Historical Review
Clymer's study remains the definitive account of U.S.-Cambodian relations. It is traditional diplomatic history at its best.
* Pacific Historical Review *
An admirable and impressively researched piece of diplomatic history.
* Journal of American History *
The book contains fresh revelations on nearly every page... an admirable balance between detail and the larger context of Asian and world geopolitics.
-- Andrew Rotter, Ferrell Committee Chair
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
1: Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Encounters
2: Cambodia: The View from the United States, 1940–1954
3: From Optimism to the Year of Troubles, 1954–1960
4: A Casualty of War: To the Break in Relations, 1961–1965
5: Prelude to Tragedy: The United States Nonrelationship with Cambodia, 1965–1969
6: Richard Nixon and Cambodia: Diplomatic Relations and Bombs
7: Sticking with Lon Nol
8: Dénouement: Gerald Ford, Henry Kissinger, and the Fall of Cambodia
9: Jimmy Carter, Human Rights, and Cambodia
10: Toward a New Beginning
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
