01519cam a2200241 a 4500 509 20240111154706.0 9780813343631 (pbk.) 0813343631 (pbk.) 9789749511572 DLC DLC YDX BAKER BTCTA UKM YDXCP NSB DLC eng DS554.5 .C46 2008 959.6 22 Chandler, David P. (David Porter), 1933- A history of Cambodia / David Chandler. Southeast Asian Edition. Chiang Mai, Thailand Westview Press. 2008. xiv, 365 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. 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. 1490 Lexile 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 509 509 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC 001 001 TKSNF 2024-01-11 3 CHA 959.6 DS554.5 2024-0024 2026-03-12 2026-02-26 11:37:53 2026-02-26 2024-01-11 BK