The Cambodian wars : clashing armies and CIA covert operations / Kenneth Conboy.
Material type: TextSeries: Modern war studiesPublisher: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 401 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780700628223
- 0700628223
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency
- USA Central Intelligence Agency
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency
- Cambodia -- History, Military -- 20th century
- Armies -- Cambodia -- History -- 20th century
- Political violence -- Cambodia -- History -- 20th century
- Espionage, American -- Cambodia -- History -- 20th century
- Paramilitary forces -- Cambodia -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Cambodia
- Cambodia -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Military relations -- Cambodia
- Cambodia -- Military relations -- United States
- Armies
- Espionage, American
- Diplomatic relations
- Military relations
- Paramilitary forces
- Political violence
- Cambodia
- United States
- Operation Milit�ar
- Cambodge
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
- HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia
- 327.1273059609/045 23
- DS554.8 .C65 2013eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-393) and index.
Springtime in Cambodia -- Finger in the Dike -- Finger on the Pulse -- Requiem -- Arrested Development -- Trading Places -- Fratricide -- Parity -- Pyrrhic Victories -- Event Horizon -- Dry Rot -- D�etente -- Limelight -- Phnom Penh Spring -- White Pigeon -- Paradigm Shift -- Parting Shots -- Aftermath.
Provides a complete assessment of CIA operations during the Khmer Republic's existence (1970-1975), in support of American military action in Vietnam, and during the Reagan and first Bush presidencies (1981-1991), when the CIA challenged Soviet expansion by supporting exiled royalists, Republicians, and others trying to expel the Vietnamese from their country.
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