 | Walter Isaacson - 2005 - 896 trang
...Dr. Kissinger. Lon Nol was nothing without them, and the Khmer Rouge were nothing without Lon Nol. They demoralized America, they lost all of Indochina...the communists, and they created the Khmer Rouge." On a trip to Beijing in 1979, when he was a private citizen, Kissinger met the prince, then in exile,... | |
 | Edward R. Drachman, Alan Shank - 1997 - 410 trang
...about 7 million) died from famine, forced labor, disease, and brutal execution. 61 without Lon Nol. They demoralized America. They lost all of IndoChina...the communists, and they created the Khmer Rouge." 62 Would the communists, if not for the Cambodian incursion, have forcefully taken over Cambodia "years... | |
 | Peter Ronayne - 2001 - 248 trang
...spent enormous sums of money — $4 billion — and the results were the opposite of what they wanted. They demoralized America, they lost all of Indochina to the communists, and they created the Khmer Rouge."40 Shawcross largely agrees with this assessment, explaining that the Khmer Rouge "were born... | |
 | Scott Hunt - 2004 - 388 trang
...Rouge involuntary aid because the people had to support the Communist patriots against Lon Noi. . . . They demoralized America, they lost all of Indochina to the Communists, and they created the Khmer Rouge.'"7 That the United States bears a significant amount of the responsibility seems clear. The... | |
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Lon Nol. By expanding the war into Cambodia, Nixon and Kissinger killed a lot of Americans and many other people, they spent enormous sums of money — $4 billion — and the results were the opposite of what they wanted. They demoralized America, they... 