Spanning from the first US contacts with Cambodia in the nineteenth
century up until the late 1960s and the outbreak of war with
Vietnam, this book is the first to systematically explore American
relations Cambodia. A discussion of adventurers, tourists and
missionaries initially sets the secne for the analysis of official
relations which began in 1950.
The book traces how relations with Cambodia's king, Norodom
Sihanouk, were often troubled as Sihanouk strove to keep his
country out of the Cold War even when pressured by the US to join
the battle against communism.Clymer concludes that although
American policy could sometimes be surprisingly flexible, the
Americans were never able to find a solution that would accomodate
Sihanouk's needs with their own Cold war requirements in Southeast
Asia. Ultimately the result was the breaking of diplomatic
relations in 1965, a breach which lasted four years. The companion
volume to this book "The United States and Cambodia, 1969-2000"
discusses Americanrelations with Cambodia in the latter part of the
twentieth century.
Based on extensive archival research in the United States,
Australia and Cambodia, this is the most comprehensive account of
the United States' troubled relationship with Cambodia and will be
of enormous interest to scholars in Southeast Asia, US diplomatic
history and US foregin policy.
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