Monarchical Manipulation in Cambodia: France, Japan, and the Sihanouk Crusade for Independence Pagodas is by no means always

is by no means always true of books dealing with so broad and deep a subject in so small a compass

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Muhammad Iqbal Ahnaf

Offers startling new insights into how ideas of “parenthood” and “infantilization” shape Thai political culture

Monarchical Manipulation in Cambodia: France, Japan, and the Sihanouk Crusade for Independence Pagodas is by no means alwaysBy Geoffrey C. Gunn One figure strides across modern Cambodian history Norodom Sihanouk. From his accession to the throne of Cambodia in 1941 until his extravagant funeral ceremony in 2013, the prince turned king father in later life never dodged controversy. But this is not a biography of Sihanouk; the focus is upon the final decades of the French protectorate, the rise of a counter elite and winning of Cambodia's independence. Manipulation of the