Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon, and the Destruction of CambodiaAn investigative account of the secret war in Cambodia during the Vietnam War, and of the use of power by Nixon and Kissinger in Indo-Chinese foreign policy. |
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| Title | Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon, and the Destruction of Cambodia A Touchstone book |
| Author | William Shawcross |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Aug 4, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671230700, 9780671230708 |
| Length | 467 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Political Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State History / Asia / Southeast Asia History / General History / Military / Vietnam War Political Science / General |
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