by The Steve » Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:50 pm
By no means a scholar, but as a history teacher with an interest in Indochina, I have written/compiled quite a few essays which have been published on CNE over the past year or two.
With permission from the Admin, I'd like to share some of them here for general interest. Some are a bit dry and others could do with editing and mostly involve military and politics.
An example is a Cambodian relations with Thai & Vietnam, which spiraled a bit out of control and ended up as 11 parts, which still needs to be finished.
As great powers fall, others shall rise in their place. The Khmer empire, at its peak controlled or had under vassal, much of mainland Southeast Asia, from southern China to the Isthmus of Kra. Overstretched military campaigns, climate change, poor economic planning and ethnic rebellions all began to erode the once mighty kingdom of Angkor. Internecine fighting between powerful, and usually related, clans weakened the state, as neighboring kingdoms began to centralize.
By the fate of geography and politics, Cambodia found herself trapped between two aggressive and ambitious neighbors to the west and east.
PART 1: End of Angkor- 1800’s
https://tinyurl.com/jad89swe
PART 2: The Carved Kingdom
https://tinyurl.com/xbf55y4w
PART 3: French Indochina
https://tinyurl.com/49awzfww
PART 4: World War 2
https://tinyurl.com/xwd4r583
PART 5: Independence to Civil War
https://tinyurl.com/z2u34knb
PART 6: 1970, A Very Bad Year
https://tinyurl.com/324pzvmz
PART 7: Questions, April 1975
https://tinyurl.com/dxbje6e3
PART 8: 1979: The Fall of DK
https://tinyurl.com/37xbpuz4
PART 9: The United Nations question
https://tinyurl.com/ny3xscn3
PART 10: Avoiding Famine in 1980
https://tinyurl.com/ynprj9tm
PART 11: The 1984-85 Dry Season Offensive
https://tinyurl.com/47en8e5s
By no means a scholar, but as a history teacher with an interest in Indochina, I have written/compiled quite a few essays which have been published on CNE over the past year or two.
With permission from the Admin, I'd like to share some of them here for general interest. Some are a bit dry and others could do with editing and mostly involve military and politics.
An example is a Cambodian relations with Thai & Vietnam, which spiraled a bit out of control and ended up as 11 parts, which still needs to be finished.
[i]As great powers fall, others shall rise in their place. The Khmer empire, at its peak controlled or had under vassal, much of mainland Southeast Asia, from southern China to the Isthmus of Kra. Overstretched military campaigns, climate change, poor economic planning and ethnic rebellions all began to erode the once mighty kingdom of Angkor. Internecine fighting between powerful, and usually related, clans weakened the state, as neighboring kingdoms began to centralize.
By the fate of geography and politics, Cambodia found herself trapped between two aggressive and ambitious neighbors to the west and east.[/i]
PART 1: End of Angkor- 1800’s https://tinyurl.com/jad89swe
PART 2: The Carved Kingdom https://tinyurl.com/xbf55y4w
PART 3: French Indochina https://tinyurl.com/49awzfww
PART 4: World War 2 https://tinyurl.com/xwd4r583
PART 5: Independence to Civil War https://tinyurl.com/z2u34knb
PART 6: 1970, A Very Bad Year https://tinyurl.com/324pzvmz
PART 7: Questions, April 1975 https://tinyurl.com/dxbje6e3
PART 8: 1979: The Fall of DK https://tinyurl.com/37xbpuz4
PART 9: The United Nations question https://tinyurl.com/ny3xscn3
PART 10: Avoiding Famine in 1980 https://tinyurl.com/ynprj9tm
PART 11: The 1984-85 Dry Season Offensive https://tinyurl.com/47en8e5s