UID:
almahu_9949597643802882
Format:
1 online resource :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9780801470738 (ebook) :
Content:
When the Khmer Rouge came to power in Cambodia in 1975, they inherited a war-ravaged and internationally isolated country. Pol Pot's government espoused the rhetoric of self-reliance, but Democratic Kampuchea was utterly dependent on Chinese foreign aid and technical assistance to survive. Yet in a markedly asymmetrical relationship between a modernizing, nuclear power and a virtually premodern state, China was largely unable to use its power to influence Cambodian politics or policy. This book traces this surprising lack of influence to variations between the Chinese and Cambodian institutions that administered military aid, technology transfer, and international trade.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2014.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780801452659
Language:
English
URL:
Cornell scholarship online
