My War With the C.I.A.: Cambodia's Fight for Survival

"Norodom Sihanouk, ex-King of Cambodia, tells the real story of the coup which drove him into exile and left his country ravaged by war. For sixteen years he walked the tightrope between east and west, determined to preserve Cambodia's neutrality. But he reckoned without the CIA, equally determined to create a new American satellite. This is the story of 'dollar diplomacy' at its most ruthless; of democratic institutions systematically repressed; of war deliberately spread through south east Asia; of 'one of the most flagrant acts of unprovoked aggression in modern history'. Prince Sihanouk's personal account of these events throws new light on the policies of all major pwoers and warns the thrid world what may lie behind a friendly offer of aid."--Dust jacket gate fold.… (more)