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Eisenhower and Cambodia : Diplomacy, Covert Action, and the Origins of the Second Indochina War /

"Although most Americans paid little attention to Cambodia during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, the nation's proximity to China and the global ideological struggle with the Soviet Union guaranteed US vigilance throughout Southeast Asia. Cambodia's leader, Norodom Sihanouk, r...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Rust, William J. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2016]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Prologue: plausible denial
  • A shrewd move (1953-1954)
  • Not a happy omen
  • Time for further maneuvers
  • Irresponsible and mischievous actions
  • Change from the top
  • Many unpleasant and difficult things (1957-1958)
  • Numerous reports of plots
  • A shady matter (1958-1959)
  • Stupid moves (1959-1960)
  • Getting along with Sihanouk
  • Definite political problems (1960-1961)
  • Epilogue: forebodings and potential opposition.