What were the effects of the Vietnam War on neighboring Cambodia?
King Sihanouk realised this tried to keep Cambodia neutral, fearing his country would be subjugated by Vietnam when the US would be defeated, just like the French at Dien Bien Phu. Cambodia and its king however had to pay dearly for sticking to this policy of neutrality. In the sixties, CIA conspiracies to dispose of Sihanouk were discovered, involving the rightwing Khmer Serei troops in South Vietnam. Another plot involved Dap Chuon’s establishment of a “free” state that would have included Siem Reap and Kampong Thom provinces and the southern areas of Laos that were controlled by the rightist Laotian prince, Boun Oum. http://www.taxivantha.com/1_Cambodia/116… The history of Cambodia is intricately linked to both Laos and Vietnam. In modern times Cambodia was part of the French Colonial empire, taken over by the Japanese during World War II. After the war, the French returned but granted Cambodia independence in
