Post-Independence Cambodia 1954-1970( Cambodia under Sihanouk)

The First administration of Sihanouk from 1954–1970 was an especially significant time in the history of Cambodia.Norodom Sihanouk continues to be one of the most controversial figures in Southeast Asia's turbulent, and often tragic, postwar history. Admirers view him as one of the country's great patriots, whose insistence on strict neutrality kept Cambodia out of the maelstrom of war and out of the revolution in neighboring Vietnam for more than fifteen years before he was deposed by his close associate, Lon Nol.

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