The Passing of Sihanouk
Monarchic Manipulation and the Search for Autonomy in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2133457 |
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| Authors | Geoffrey Gunn, Geoffrey C Gunn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 50 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466012033402 |
| OpenAlex | W4410183672 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The survival of the monarchy in Cambodia is little short of remarkable in the light of that country's modern history. As this article develops, French manipulation of the monarchy and attempts to buttress religion and culture alongside the rise of nationalist youth and Buddhist radicalism was an important precursor to postwar events. No less momentous for modern Cambodian history was the Vichy French installation of Norodom Sihanouk as king and the elevation under Japan of the putative republican Son Ngoc Thanh. Facing down an armed Issarak-Viet Minh challenge also joined by a dissident prince, it is no less significant that the young King Sihanouk successfully trumped French ambitions by mounting his own "royal crusade" for independence even ahead of the Geneva Settlement of 1954
Autonomy · Political science · Cambodian History and Society · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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