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| | Cambodia -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 |
 | | In the spring of 1969 the United States instituted aerial attacks against Communist strongholds in Cambodia; these bombings, carefully kept secret from the American people, later became an important issue in U.S. politics. | | | Soon after the coup, Cambodian troops began engaging Communist forces on Cambodian soil. | | | In Feb., 2005, the national assembly lifted opposition leader Sam Rainsy's parliamentary immunity, subjecting him to potential defamation lawsuits from the governing coalition, which he had accused of corruption, and he fled Cambodia. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/Cambodia_History.asp
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| | Cambodia Encyclopedia, Definition, History, Biography @ SOMETHINGPERSONAL.COM |
| | The Khmer Rouge justified its actions by claiming that Cambodia was on the brink of major famine due to the American bombing campaigns, and that this required the evacuation of the cities to the countryside so that people could become self-sufficient, however this claim is generally dismissed as an excuse by many. | | | In addition to death from work starvation and exhaustion, the regime killed anyone suspected with connections with either the defeated Khmer Republic government or the previous Sihanouk government, as well as intellectuals (Pol Pot defined anyone who wore glasses as automatically an intellectual), professionals, and also ethnic Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams, Laotians, and Thai. | | | See also: List of political parties in Cambodia |
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http://www.somethingpersonal.com/encyclopedia/Cambodia
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| | Cambodia (12/05) |
| | Cambodia has a sea coast on the Gulf of Thailand. | | | Opposition grew within the middle class and among leftists, including Paris-educated leaders such as Son Sen, Ieng Sary, and Saloth Sar (later known as Pol Pot), who led an insurgency under the clandestine Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK). | | | The written press, while considered largely free, has ties to individual political parties or factions and does not seek to provide objective reporting or analysis. |
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2732.htm
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| | UNDERGRADUATE ECONOMICS HONORS THESIS: |
| | Three years of secret bombing by American B-52s brought international attention to Cambodia (not to mention took their toll in human lives and damaged property) and forced Nixon to televise a speech in which he explained to the American people why he had defied Congressional prohibition. | | | In the third period, Cambodia has undergone a number of upheavals including a Vietnamese occupation, a coup d'etat, and a bloody Maoist revolution that is estimated to have killed anywhere from 750,000 to 1.5 million Cambodians. | | | The contemporary history of Cambodia's economy has been detailed in few major books or scholarly dissertations since the 1960s. |
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http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~sophal/whole.html
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| | Untangling Cambodian History: The Banyan Tree |
| | The subtleties of history, the blurred lines of political fact and fiction were lost in the analogy. | | | The leftists in Cambodia had originally concentrated on a political struggle against Sihanouk. | | | Formerly the King, he had abdicated the throne in 1955 to run in elections for head of state, and he had survived on the political stage through a mixture of political acumen and ruthlessness. |
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http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/banyan1.htm
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| | Dance the Spirit of Cambodia About Cambodia |
| | When Communist insurgents known as the Khmer Rouge seized control of Cambodia in 1975, a spokesman claimed that in the process “2000 years of history “ had come to an end. | | | In 1975, Communist forces, known to the outside world as Khmer Rouge or Red Khmers, overthrew the pro-American regime that had seized power five years before. | | | Since then, Cambodia has been a constitutional monarchy ruled by a coalition government that has accepted large infusions of foreign aid. |
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http://www.asiasource.org/cambodia/chandlerhistory.htm
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| | Cambodia: Haunted by History |
| | I asked him if he thought it was safe to travel around the country and he laughed and said only a fool would think so. | | | Lucky had worried me, so I made my way across town to the office of the United Nations Development Program and asked to speak to the security officer. | | | Sixty percent of the people here are under the age of 26. |
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http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/show/features/2000/20000520/cambodia.shtml
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| | Earthwalkers - History of Cambodia |
| | The UN pulls out of the talk to create a tribunal to bring genocide charges against Khmer Rouge leaders, saying the trail as planned by Cambodia would not be fair. | | | People suspected of being educated, or of belonging to a merchant family, were murdered, often being clubbed to death rather than shot in order to save ammunition. | | | In order to liberate themselves from the yoke of one conqueror they were forced to seek the help of the other who would then demand Khmer subservience in compensation for their debts. |
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http://www.earthwalkers.no/history.htm
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| | A short history of Cambodia |
| | The Red Khmer is defeated after an invasion by Vietnam in 1978, that installs a pro-Vietnamese Communist regime under Hen Samrin and his Cambodian People's Revolutionary Party. | | | This is followed by independence in 1953 as the Kingdom of Cambodia. | | | From that moment on a guerilla war against France starts. |
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http://www.electionworld.org/history/cambodia.htm
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| | A Virtual Travel to Cambodia - Kampuchea -Asia - Cambodia Tourism |
| | Here you will find comprehensive information about Cambodia in its diversity: geography, economy, science, people, culture, environment, government and history. | | | Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the United Nations | | | Following a five-year struggle, communist Khmer Rouge forces captured Phnom Penh in 1975 and ordered the evacuation of all cities and towns; over 1 million displaced people died from execution or enforced hardships. |
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http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/cambodia.htm
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| | Cambodia in Modern History: Beauty and Darkness |
| | Specific information can also be located by using the site search page, and the most recent additions are listed on the What's New page. | | | The Beauty and Darkness project provides information on the recent history of Cambodia, particulary the Khmer Rouge period. | | | This includes materials pertaining to Cambodia, as well as information about Cambodian refugees and immigrants abroad. |
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http://www.mekong.net/cambodia
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| | Cambodia's History |
| | The derision and ill-treatment felt towards the former city dwellers was slightly better than the treatment of anyone intellectual, religious, and those who were believed to be against the regime - their punishment was death. | | | Their independence was obtained through the political savvy of King Sihanouk. | | | The 13th and 14th centuries were not as successful for Cambodia, some believe it was due to the increased power of (and wars with) Thai kingdoms that had at one time paid homage to Angkor. |
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http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/cambodia/history.htm
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| | Early history of Cambodia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The royal families of Chenla intermarried with their Funanese counterparts and generally preserved the earlier political, social, and religious institutions of Funan. | | | The kingdom founded by Jayavarman II also gave modern-day Cambodia, or Kampuchea, its name. | | | (Even the Khmer Rouge, who looked on most of their country's past history and traditions with hostility, adopted a stylized Angkorian temple for the flag of Democratic Kampuchea. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_Cambodia
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| | History of Cambodia |
| | Relation between the United States and Cambodia was deteriorating and eventually broken in 1965. | | | Vietcong guerrilla forces that were stationed within Cambodia and along Cambodia-Vietnam border were attacked by South Vietnam army supported by the United States. | | | Prince Sihanouk was deposed on March 18, 1970 by Lon Nol, a pro-US prime minister. |
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http://www.travel-cambodia.com/cam-travel-info/history_cambodia.htm
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| | Modern History Sourcebook: Ponchaud: Cambodia: Year Zero |
| | This text is part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. | | | François Ponchaud is French Roman Catholic priest who lived and worked in Cambodia for many years. | | | Half the group was let out at Poy Saman and the other half at Kauk Khmwn to go on working in the field. |
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1978cambodia.html
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| | Amazon.com: A History of Cambodia: Books |
| | This is what a history book ought to be, April 21, 2003 | | | This book will examine roughly two thousand years of Cambodian history. | | | This item is not eligible for Amazon Prime, but over a million other items are. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0813328624?v=glance
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| | Cambodia history of cambodia |
| | All along Khmer history, the throne were often desire, which involved some violent bloodshed. | | | In fact, slaves were mostly captured in the neighboring countries, but Khmer people themselves could fall in the lowest status and being a " slave " if they failed to pay their rents or loans to the upper ruling class. | | | Differents successive kings build each one a different capital, alls in the Angkor Wat and Ruolos sector, with some names like Hariharata, Yasodharapura, Jayendanagari, Angkor Thom and a lot of others unknown names. |
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http://www.angkor-cambodia.org/eng/histoire.html
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| | Cambodia Travel Information Lonely Planet Destination Guide |
| | Disclaimer: We've tried to make the information on this web site as accurate as possible, but it is provided 'as is' and we accept no responsibility for any loss, injury or inconvenience sustained by anyone resulting from this information. | | | Of all Cambodia's treasures, the richest is its resilient people. | | | You should verify critical information (like visas, health and safety, customs and transportation) with the relevant authorities before you travel. |
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http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/cambodia
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| | Khmer Civilization - History of Cambodia & Angkor Wat |
| | In order to help travelers as well as readers to get a clearer picture of Cambodia and these temple complexes, we have put up several articles on Khmer Civilization which covers the historical background, successive eras from the beginning till the end, reasons of rise and fall of this civilization and a chronology. | | | There were successive capitals built by different kings in the region, not far from each others; these capitals are at area of Angkor Wat and Roluos with the different names such as Harihalara, Yasodharapura, Jayendanagari, Angkor Thom and a few unknown names. | | | The Khmer or Angkor Civilization came into existence during the period from 802 to 1431 A.D. and stretched as far as the modern Thailand-Burma Border in the West and Wat Phou of Laos in the North during its peak. |
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http://www.cambodia-travel.com/khmer-civilization.htm
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| | A history of Cambodia |
| | Click on a subject to see other books listed with the same subject or to drill down into components of the subject -- such as geographical locations, dates and so on. | | | Dewey Class: 959.6 -- General history of Asia Southeast Asia | | | A history of Cambodia (David Chandler; ISBN: 0813328624; (pbk. |
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http://isbndb.com/search-all.html?kw=0813335116
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| | Cambodia History - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ... |
| | Cambodia History - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System | | | Please put this page in your BOOKMARKS - - - - - |
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http://workmall.com/wfb2001/cambodia/cambodia_history_index.html
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| | The History & Culture of Cambodia |
| | (in English and Khmer) "To promote Khmer true history and culture to the world, promote the use of technology amongst Khmer, and provide a portal where all Khmers can collaborate and unite on the Internet" | | | "where a majority of the Cambodians on the Internet are hanging out": news headlines; message board; articles on Cambodia life and culture; Khmer songs, etc. | | | P.O.V. documentary on Cambodian musician Arn Chorn-Pond trying to save "once outlawed traditional music from extinction": interview with with Ben Kiernan, founder of the Yale Cambodian Genocide Program; sounds of traditional Cambodian ensembles; Cambodian master performers; filmmaker interview and other features; resources |
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http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/cambodia-hist.html
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| | History (from Cambodia) -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | The importance of Cambodia's contributions to mainland Southeast Asia is out of proportion to its present reduced territory and limited political power. | | | "Cambodia." Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. |
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