Why Vietnam Invaded Cambodia: Political Culture and the Causes of War

by Stephen J. Morris

Book Overview

On December 25, 1978, the armed forces of Vietnam launched a full-scale invasion of Cambodia. That event marked a turning point in the first and only extended war fought between two communist regimes. The Vietnamese forced out Pol Pot's Khmers Rouge regime from its seat of power in Phnom Penh, but the ensuing war was a major source of international tension throughout the last decade of the Cold War.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804730504
• ISBN13: 9780804730501
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"