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Here, at last, is Prince Sihanouk's own account of the events in Cambodia. The book, which has already made a deep impression in Europe, is a moving and convincing statement by the man many feel is the only person who can salvage some remnant of independence and neutrality for his long-suffering country.In this, his first book since his re-emergence on the international scene, Prince Norodom Sihanouk makes an eloquent plea for a multi-nation conference on Cambodia that will restore its neutrality. As the only consistent figure in Cambodia's struggle for survival, Sihanouk has unique knowledge and understanding of the relationships between China, Vietnam, and Cambodia. His intense patriot- ism has motivated this very personal call for the one hope that remains for his war- ravaged country-restoration of neutrality.The book begins with a brief introduction by William Shawcross, author of Sideshow, and contains an essay by the French expert Gerald Brisรฉ, outlining the background of the material leading to the point at which Sihanouk begins his narrative.Prince Sihanouk's previous book, My War with the CIA, was published at a time when all too little was known about the situation in that country. The current conditions in Cambodia, whose dimensions cannot be fully described, stress the immediacy and importance of Sihanouk's message. ISBN:9780394511153
