Why Vietnam Invaded Cambodi Political Culture And The...

To commence, I decided to read historical novels associating with the Cambodian-Vietnamese Conflict. The Martin Luther King Jr. Library was the only library I could think that held historical chronicles. Primarily, I wanted to find a book called Why Vietnam Invaded Cambodia: Political Culture and the Causes of War by Stephen J. Morris. By quickly finding and examining the book on the Internet, this novel book was perfect for my topic; the title of the book was even a large giveaway for my topic. However, the library lost the novel; I looked everywhere on the shelves and came up with nothing. So, I had to improvise to find similar books; eventually, I found two novels that would greatly satisfy my research topic. One was The Rise and Demise of Democratic Kampuchea by Craig Etcheson. The other novel was A History Of Cambodia by David Chandler. After studying sections of these books, I located various details which dealt with my topic. While analyzing The Rise and Demise of Democratic Kampuchea, the section called â€Å"Open Conflict Between Socialist Nations†, revealed many components that led to a mandatory invasion of Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge strived to reconquer the Mekong Delta, the region bordering Cambodia in the present day, of Vietnam. It turns out that Cambodia used to exert authority over the region, but throughout many decades, sovereignty transferred to the Vietnamese. In 1952, â€Å"the radical faction of the Khmer Students’ association in Paris-including ‘Pol Pot,’ Ieng