In this clear and concise volume, Chandler provides a timely overview of Cambodia, a small but increasingly visible Southeast Asian nation. Praised by the Journal of Asian Studies as an ''original contribution, superior to any other existing work'', this acclaimed text has now been completely revised and updated.

Preface to The Fourth Edition , Introduction , The Beginnings of Cambodian History , Kingship and Society at Angkor , Jayavarman VII and the Crisis of the Thirteenth Century , Cambodia After Angkor , State, Society, and Foreign Relations, 1794-1848 , The Crisis of the Nineteenth Century , The Early Stages of the French Protectorate , Cambodia's Response to France, 1916-45 , Gaining Independence , From Independence to Civil War , Revolution in Cambodia , Cambodia Since 1979 , Bibliographic Essay