Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon, and the Destruction of Cambodia

by William Shawcross

Overview

Although there are many books and films dealing with the Vietnam War, Sideshow tells the truth about America's secret and illegal war with Cambodia from 1969 to 1973. William Shawcross interviewed hundreds of people of all nationalities, including cabinet ministers, military men, and civil servants, and extensively researched U.S. Government documents. This full-scale investigation—with material new to this edition—exposes how Kissinger and Nixon treated Cambodia as a sideshow. Although the president and his assistant claimed that a secret bombing campaign in Cambodia was necessary to eliminate North Vietnamese soldiers who were attacking American troops across the border, Shawcross maintains that the bombings only spread the conflict, but led to the rise of the Khmer Rouge and the subsequent massacre of a third of Cambodia's population.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493083251
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/21/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	542
Sales rank:	310,667
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

William Shawcross, the author of Deliver Us from Evil, lives in London.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	3
	Introduction to the Revised Edition	7
	Cast of Characters	15
1	The Secret	19
2	The Land	36
3	The Prince	46
4	The War	63
5	The Adviser	74
6	The Problem	85
7	The Bridges	96
8	The Coup	112
9	The Invasion	128
10	The Outrage	150
11	The Doctrine	161
12	The Strategy	177
13	The Embassy	188
14	The Battle	200
15	The Bombardiers	209
16	The Decay	220
17	The Others	236
18	The Peace	259
19	The Bombing	280
20	The Secretary	300
21	The Proconsuls	310
22	The Negotiators	335
23	The End	344
24	The Beginning	365
	Afterword	393
	A Short Chronology	397
	Appendix
	Kissinger and Sideshow	403
	"Sideswipe: Kissinger, Shawcross and the Responsibility for Cambodia"	416
	"Shawcross Swipes Again"	433
	"Rodman Responds"	444
	Notes	453
	Bibliography	487
	Index	491

Editorial Reviews

Shawcross's 1979 volume is still one of the best on the Vietnam debacle. This revised edition is all the better. (LJ (4/1/03) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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