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A Country Study: Cambodia
Library of Congress Call Number
DS554.3 .C34 1990
Cambodia
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
Country Profile
Country
Geography
Society
Economy
Transportation and Communications
Government and Politics
National Security
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Historical Setting
(Donald M. Seekins)
Pre-History and Early Kingdoms
Early Indianized Kingdom of Funan
The Successor State of Chenla
The Angkorian Period
Cambodia's Struggle for Survival, 1432-1887
Domination by Thailand and by Vietnam
The French Protectorate
The French Colonial Period, 1887-1953
The Colonial Economy
The Emergence of Nationalism
The Struggle for Independence
Cambodia under Sihanouk, 1954-70
The Geneva Conference
Domestic Developments
Nonaligned Foreign Policy
The Cambodian Left: The Early Phases
The Paris Student Group
The KPRP Second Congress
Into the Maelstrom: Insurrection and War, 1967-75
The March 1970 Coup d'Etat
The Widening War
Early Khmer Rouge Atrocities
The Fall of Phnom Penh
Democratic Kampuchea, 1975-78
Revolutionary Terror
Society under the Angkar
Religious and Minority Communities
Education and Health
The Economy
Politics under the Khmer Rouge
Establishing Democratic Kampuchea
An Elusive Party
Intraparty Conflict
The Purge
The Fall of Democratic Kampuchea
Chapter 2 - The Society and Its Environment
(Robert K. Headley, Jr)
Environment
Topography
Climate
Drainage
Regional Divisions
Population
Dynamics
Distribution
Migration and Refugees
Social Structure and Organization
The Khmer
Household and Family Structure
Housing
Diet
Dress
Families
Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Other Ethnic Groups
The Cham
The Khmer Loeu
The Chinese
The Vietnamese
Other Groups
Languages
Austroasiatic-Mon-Khmer
Austronesian
Religion
Buddhism
Origins of Buddhism on the Indian Subcontinent
Cambodian Adaptations
Role of Buddhism in Cambodian Life
Chinese Religion
Islam
Other Religions
Education
Public School System
Buddhist Education
Private Education
Health and Welfare
Public Health
Welfare Programs
Chapter 3 - The Economy
(Tuyet L. Cosslett)
Economic Setting
Natural Resources
Metals and Minerals
Hydroelectric Power
Petroleum
Forestry
Labor Force
Economic Developments After Independence
Sihanouk's Peacetime Economy, 1953-70
The Wartime Economy, 1970-75
The Economy under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79
Economic Role of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party
New Economic Policy and System
First Plan, 1986-90
Agriculture
Collectivization and Solidarity Groups
Rice Production and Cultivation
Other Food and Commercial Crops
Livestock
Fisheries
Industry
Major Manufacturing Industries
Handicrafts
Domestic Commerce
Foreign Trade and Aid
Composition of Trade
Major Trading Partners
Vietnam
Soviet Union
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Illicit Trade with Thailand and with Singapore
Foreign Economic and Technical Assistance
Soviet Aid
Vietnamese Aid
International and Western Aid
Finance
Banking
Currency
Taxes
Transportation and Communications
Roads and Highways
Railroads
Water Transportation
Ports
Airports
Telecommunications
Chapter 4 - Government and Politics
(Rinn-Sup Shinn)
Major Political Developments, 1977-81
Background
Cambodia in Turmoil
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
Origins of the Coalition
Coalition Structure
Democratic Kampuchea
The Khmer People's National Liberation Front
National United Front for an Independent, Peaceful, Neutral, and Cooperative Cambodia
The People's Republic of Kampuchea
The Constitution
Government Structure
The National Assembly
The Council of State
The Council of Ministers
The Judiciary
Local People's Revolutionary Committees
The Media
The Kampuchean, (Or Khmer) People's Revolutionary Party
The Kampuchean (Or Khmer) United Front for National Construction and Defense
Foreign Affairs
The Coalition's Strategy
Phnom Penh and Its Allies
The Search for Peace
From "Proximity Talks" to a "Cocktail Party"
The Sihanouk-Hun Sen Meeting
Chapter 5 - National Security
(Frank Tatu)
Historical Background
The Time of Greatness, A.D. 802-1431
Period of Decline, 1431-1863
The French Protectorate, 1863-1954
The Japanese Occupation, 1941-45
The First Indochina War, 1945-54
The Second Indochina War, 1954-75
Military Developments Under the Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge Armed Forces
Khmer-Vietnamese Border Tensions
Vietnamese Invasion of Cambodia
Military Developments in Postwar Cambodia
Tenuous Security
Coalition Government Resistance Forces
National Army of Democratic Kampuchea
Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces
Armée Nationale Sihanoukiste
Kampuchean, or Khmer, People's Revolutionary Armed Forces
Threats and Capabilities
Organization and Control
Mission and Doctrine
Composition and Deployment
Conditions of Service
Foreign Troops and Advisers
Law Enforcement and Counter-Subversion
People's Security Service
Protection under the Law
Penal System
Appendices
Appendix A. Tables
Appendix B. Major Political and Military Organizations
Bibliography
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