Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction 1. The Traditional Setting: State, Society, and Education before Independence 2. Sihanouk and the Sangkum: From Independence to Chaos 3. Lon Nol and the Republic: The Declining State 4. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge: Building and Defending Cambodia 5. The PRK and the SOC: The State in Transition 6. Ranariddh and Hun Sen: From Uneasy Alliance to Coup Conclusion Notes References Index