A History of Cambodia

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of ‘A History of Cambodia’ provides a timely look at this increasingly visible Southeast Asian nation. Hailed by the ‘Journal of Asian Studies’ as an “original contribution, superior to any other existing work,” the first edition ended in 1953 with Cambodia’s independence from France; the second carries the narrative forward to the pe...

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This thoroughly revised and updated edition of ‘A History of Cambodia’ provides a timely look at this increasingly visible Southeast Asian nation. Hailed by the ‘Journal of Asian Studies’ as an “original contribution, superior to any other existing work,” the first edition ended in 1953 with Cambodia’s independence from France; the second carries the narrative forward to the peace negotiations of 1990. In the new material, Chandler focuses especially on the unstable but influential career of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the bloody reign of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge, and the relative calm that followed the Vietnamese invasion of 1979. This concise yet comprehensive work will illuminate – for specialists and general readers alike – the history and contemporary politics of a country long misunderstood.

Between 1958 and 1966, Dr. David P. Chandler was a U.S. Foreign Service officer and worked for two years in Phnom Penh. Since 1972, he has taught Southeast Asian history at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and since 1979 he has served as research director of the university’s Centre of Southeast Asian Studies. In 1991-1992, he was a visiting professor at the École Prat...

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Between 1958 and 1966, Dr. David P. Chandler was a U.S. Foreign Service officer and worked for two years in Phnom Penh. Since 1972, he has taught Southeast Asian history at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and since 1979 he has served as research director of the university’s Centre of Southeast Asian Studies. In 1991-1992, he was a visiting professor at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, University of Paris. His major publications include ‘In Search of Southeast Asia: A Modern History’ (coauthor), ‘The Land and People of Cambodia’, and ‘The Tragedy of Cambodian History’. His next book, ‘Brother Number One: A Political Biography of Pol Pot’, will be published in 1992.

List of Illustrations
Preface
1 Introduction
2 The Beginnings of Cambodian History
Indianization
“Funan”
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List of Illustrations
Preface
1 Introduction
2 The Beginnings of Cambodian History
Indianization
“Funan”
Government and Society in Early Caombodia
3 Kingship and Society at Angkor
Sources for Angkorean History
Jayavarman II and the Founding of Angkor
Yasovarman and His Successors
Angkorean Kingship
Angkor Wat
4 Jayavarman VII and the Crisis of the Thirteenth Century
Jayavarman VII and Buddhist Kingship
The Temple of Jayavarman VII
Theravada Buddhism and the Crisis of the Thirteenth Century
Chou Ta-Kuan’s Account of Angkor, 1296-1297
5 Cambodia After Angkor
The Shift from Angkor to Phnom Penh
Cambodia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Values in Seventeenth-Century Cambodia
Vietnamese and Thai Interference in Cambodia
Conclusions
6 State, Society, and Foreign Relations, 1794-1848
Society and Economy
Patronage and Government
The ‘Okya’
Cambodia’s Relations with Vietnam and Siam
7 The Crisis of the Nineteenth Century
The Imposition of Vietnamese Control
The Vietnamization of Cambodia, 1853-1840
The Restoration of Cambodian Independence
8 The Early Stages of the French Protectorate
The Establishment of the French Protectorate
The Tightening of French Control
Sisowath’s Early Years
9 Cambodia’s Response to France, 1916-1945
The 1916 Affair
The Assassination of ‘Résident’ Bardez
Colonial Rule and the Beginning of Nationalism
The Impact of World War II
The Growth of Nationalism and the Return of the French
10 Gaining Independence
The Development of Political Parties
The Growth of the Left
Sihanouk and the Achievement of Independence
11 From Independence to Civil War
The Assembly Elections
Sihanouk’s Policies
Opposition to Sihanouk
Sihanouk’s Rule: A Balance Sheet
Sihanouk’s Decline
The Coup of 1970
The Khmer Republic’s Decline
12 Revolution in Cambodia
DK Takes Power, 1975-1976
The Four-Year Plan
Crisis in the Party
Conflict with Vietnam
DK Closes Down
13 Cambodia Since 1979
The PRK: Early Phases
Opposition to the PRK
The Vietnamese Withdrawal
Prospects for Cambodia (1991)
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
About the Book and Author
Index
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