Table of Contents

Preface

Genealogy charts

1. All in one lifetime

2. Unexpected king

3. Marechal, nous voila

4. The return of the French

5. From the chrysalis, slowly

6. A madman of genius

7. A framework for power

8. Friends abroad, plots at home, 1956-59

9. The king is dead, long live the chief of state

10. Sihanouk's Cambodia: People, places and political philosophy

11. Sihanouk's Cambodia: Courts and courtiers

12. Sihanouk's Cambodia: Foreign friends and enemies

13. From hope...

14. ... to dangerous stagnation

15. Farce turns to tragedy

16. Exit a prince

17. From pawn...

18. ... to prisoner

19. Escape to exile

20. Return to centre stage, 1979-93

21. Prince of light, prince of darkness

Further references

Index

About the Author

The author of six previous books on Southeast Asian subjects, Milton Osborne was a consultant to the United Nations on the Cambodian refugee problem in the early 1980s and until 1993, was head of the Asia Branch of the Australian Office of National Assessments. He is now a full-time writer and consultant on Asian issues.