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Contents Acknowledgments vii Abbreviations and Acronyms ix Introduction 1 1 The Traditional Setting: State, Society, and Education before Independence 9 2 Sihanouk and the Sangkum: From Independence to Chaos 31 3 Lon Nol and the Republic: The Declining State 67 4 Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge: Building and Defending Cambodia 94 5 The PRK and the SOC: The State in Transition 120 6 Ranariddh and Hun Sen: From Uneasy Alliance to Coup 150 Conclusion 184 Notes 193 References 229 Index 251 v ...

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