Khmer Nationalist – Son Ngoc Thành, the CIA, and the Transformation of Cambodia

Khmer Nationalist\nby Matthew Jagel\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Matthew Jagel\nTitle: Khmer Nationalist\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Asian history\nPublisher: Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 2023\nISBN-13: 9781501769337\nISBN-10: 1501769332\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nKhmer Nationalist is a political history of Cambodia from World War II until 1975, examining the central role of S\u00F5n Ng?c Th\u00E0nh. It is a story of nationalistic independence movements, political intrigue, coup attempts, war, and American intelligence. The rise of Cambodian nationalism, the brief period of Japanese dominance, the fight for independence from France, and the establishment of ties with the United States that kept Sihanouk on edge until his downfallin all of thes.