This clear and concise volume provides a timely overview of Cambodia, a small but increasingly visible Southeast Asian nation. Hailed by the "Journal of Asian Studies" as an "original contribution, superior to any other existing work," the first edition ended in 1953 with Cambodia's independence from France; the second carries the narrative forward to the present. In the new material, Chandler focuses especially on the unstable but influential career of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the bloody reign of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, and the relative calm that followed the Vietnamese invasion of 1979. This comprehensive general description and analysis of Cambodia will illuminate--for specialists and general readers alike--the history and contemporary politics of a country long misunderstood.
- ISBN10 1863731156
- ISBN13 9781863731157
- Publish Date 21 August 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 September 2010
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint Allen & Unwin
- Edition 2nd ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 300
- Language English