My war with the CIA
by King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk Varman, Norondom Sihanouk, Wilfred G. Burchett · first published 1974
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…have happened if not for the Vietnam war. You can blame China as well of course, but don't forget that the US government began aiding the Khmer Rouge at a later point in time again too. Try reading "My War with the CIA" by Norodom Sihanouk if you want a different perspective on all this.
on “The Khmer Rouge: Genocide in the Name of Utopia (2016)” ↗…It may be in the realm of conspiracy theory still, but some would contend that the CIA installed the Lon Nol government and helped oust Norodom Sihanouk as king. Sihanouk himself wrote a book called "My War with the CIA" and as I understand it (haven't read it) his position is that this happened in retaliation for Cambodia remaining neutral in the Vietnam war. I'm not sure to what extent this is true, or whether or…
on “AP: South Korea covered up mass abuse, killings of 'vagrants'” ↗…staggering, and well understood in Southeast Asia. Traumatized refugees flooded Cambodia’s cities. After the US-backed coup that deposed him, the ousted prince, Sihanouk, published a book of memoirs titled My War with the CIA. “We refused to become US puppets, or join in the anti-communist crusade,” he wrote. “That was our crime.” He threw his support behind the small, shadowy, and strange group of Marxists he had repressed…
on “5 Charged with Stalking, Harassing, Spying on US Residents for PRC Secret Police” ↗