Talk:Cambodia under Sihanouk (1954–1970)

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Does Choun Nath fit in here somewhere? --Fang Aili ^說嗎? 04:03, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Additions: 1955-1963 2 Unannounced/undiscussed attempts to rewrite the article 3 Article Assessment 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Arms of cambodia.jpg

[edit] Additions: 1955-1963

I've added a bunch of material on the nature of Sihanouk's political system for the years 1955 to 1963. Most of it will source easily to Philip Short's book on Pol Pot.

The new material is quite different to what was on the page before. Sihanouk was a violent and often brutal dictator who didn't tolerate any opposition that wasn't controlled by him. Too much of what was on the page before was a reflection of the old mythology that Sihanouk was a great democratic ruler in the 1960s and Cambodia was a magical happy place during that period.

I would also like to see a general correction over time to the page as far as how Sihanouk worked. Sihanouk's system, whatever he called himself as a title, was about maintaining himself as king. He knew in the 1950s he could not rule as a traditional king. He figured out that he could only maintain power personally by putting the left against the right while he pulled the strings on both sides. 64.12.116.73 18:00, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unannounced/undiscussed attempts to rewrite the article

Someone attempted to gut this article of content related to the Cambodian left. The history of the Cambodian left in the 1960s and the gradual movement toward civil war is an important part of Cambodian history that cannot be left out of this article. In future, please discuss radical changes to articles before making them. 168.127.0.51 16:34, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Someone else (perhaps) decided to tag the article professing their admiration of an individual by the name of nani... I didn't think a cambodian wikipedia entree was the most appropriate sounding board, so I deleted that portion. No blood, no foul, but send nani an email or something next time. Sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.231.229.42 (talk) 15:28, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Article Assessment

This article is really close to B class and has a lot of good information. It just needs some references and a few good images. Cheers, Paxse 05:24, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

The END of Sihanouk's rule is not described at all! 128.243.220.42 18:42, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Arms of cambodia.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:34, 12 February 2008 (UTC)