Cambodia and Kent State: In the Aftermath of Nixon's Expansion of the Vietnam War

by James A Tyner, Mindy Farmer, James A. Tyner

President Nixon's announcement on April 30, 1970, that US troops were invading neutral Cambodia as part of the ongoing Vietnam War campaign sparked a complicated series of events with tragic consequences on many fronts.

In Cambodia, the invasion renewed calls for a government independent of western power and influence, eventually resulting in a civil war and the rise of the Khmer Rouge. Here at home, Nixon's expansion of the war galvanized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606354051
• ISBN13: 9781606354056
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.2"