LEADER 02863nam 2200445 450 001 9910480667103321 005 20200708192341.0 010 $a1-63101-421-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000011209284 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6133754 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011209284 100 $a20200708d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCambodia and Kent State $ein the aftermath of Nixon's expansion of the Vietnam War /$fJames A. Tyner and Mindy Farmer 210 1$aKent, Ohio :$cThe Kent State University Press,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (56 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-60635-405-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $a"President Nixon's announcement on April 30, 1970, that US troops were invading neutral Cambodia as part of the ongoing Vietnam War campaign sparked a complicated series of events with tragic consequences on many fronts. In Cambodia, the invasion renewed calls for a government independent of western power and influence, eventually resulting in a civil war and the rise of the Khmer Rouge. Here at home, Nixon's expansion of the war galvanized the long-standing anti-Vietnam War movement, including at Kent State University, leading to the tragic shooting deaths of four students on May 4, 1970. This brief book concisely contextualizes these events, filling a gap in the popular memory of the 1970 shootings and the wider conceptions of the war in Southeast Asia. In three succinct chapters, James A. Tyner and Mindy Farmer provide background on the decade of activism around the United States that preceded the events on Kent State's campus, an overview of Cambodia's history and developments following the US incursion, and a closing section on historical memory-poignantly tying together the subject matter of the preceding chapters. As we grapple with the legacy of the Kent State shootings, Tyner and Farmer assert, we should also grapple with the larger context of the protests, of the decision to bomb and invade a neutral country, and the violence and genocide that followed"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xProtest movements$zUnited States 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$zCambodia 606 $aKent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xProtest movements 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975 615 0$aKent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970. 676 $a378.771/37 700 $aTyner$b James A.$f1966-$0888586 702 $aFarmer$b Mindy 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480667103321 996 $aCambodia and Kent State$92479428 997 $aUNINA