| List of Illustrations | xi |
| Preface | xiii |
| 1 | Introduction | 1 |
| 2 | The Beginnings of Cambodian History | 9 |
| Indianization | 11 |
| "Funan," | 13 |
| Government and Society in Early Cambodia | 21 |
| 3 | Kingship and Society at Angkor | 29 |
| Sources for Angkorean History | 29 |
| Jayavarman II and the Founding of Angkor | 34 |
| Yasovarman and His Successors | 36 |
| Angkorean Kingship | 46 |
| Angkor Wat | 49 |
| 4 | Jayavarman VII and the Crisis of the Thirteenth Century | 55 |
| Jayavarman VII and Buddhist Kingship | 56 |
| The Temples of Jayavarman VII | 62 |
| Theravada Buddhism and the Crisis of the Thirteenth Century | 68 |
| Zhou Daguan's Account of Angkor, 1296-1297 | 71 |
| 5 | Cambodia After Angkor | 77 |
| The Shift from Angkor to Phnom Penh | 77 |
| Cambodia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries | 81 |
| Values in Seventeenth-Century Cambodia | 89 |
| Vietnamese and Thai Interference in Cambodia | 94 |
| Conclusions | 97 |
| 6 | State, Society, and Foreign Relations, 1794-1848 | 99 |
| Society and Economy | 99 |
| Patronage and Government | 104 |
| The Okya | 108 |
| Cambodia's Relations with Vietnam and Siam | 113 |
| 7 | The Crisis of the Nineteenth Century | 117 |
| The Imposition of Vietnamese Control | 118 |
| The Vietnamization of Cambodia, 1835-1840 | 123 |
| The Restoration of Cambodian Independence | 132 |
| 8 | The Early Stages of the French Protectorate | 137 |
| The Establishment of the French Protectorate | 140 |
| The Tightening of French Control | 142 |
| Sisowath's Early Years | 147 |
| 9 | Cambodia's Response to France, 1916-1945 | 153 |
| The 1916 Affair | 153 |
| The Assassination of Resident Bardez | 156 |
| Colonial Rule and the Beginnings of Nationalism | 159 |
| The Impact of World War II | 164 |
| The Growth of Nationalism and the Return of the French | 169 |
| 10 | Gaining Independence | 173 |
| The Development of Political Parties | 174 |
| The Growth of the Left | 178 |
| Sihanouk and the Achievement of Independence | 183 |
| 11 | From Independence to Civil War | 191 |
| The Assembly Elections | 191 |
| Sihanouk's Policies | 195 |
| Opposition to Sihanouk | 197 |
| Sihanouk's Rule: A Balance Sheet | 198 |
| Sihanouk's Decline | 200 |
| The Coup of 1970 | 204 |
| The Khmer Republic's Long Decline | 206 |
| 12 | Revolution in Cambodia | 209 |
| DK Takes Power, 1975-1976 | 211 |
| The Four-Year Plan | 214 |
| Crisis in the Party | 216 |
| Conflict with Vietnam | 219 |
| DK Closes Down | 222 |
| 13 | Cambodia Since 1979 | 227 |
| The PRK: Early Phases | 228 |
| Opposition to the PRK | 231 |
| The Vietnamese Withdrawal | 235 |
| The UNTAC Period and After | 239 |
| The End of the Khmer Rouge | 242 |
| The Coup de Force of 1997 | 243 |
| Conclusion | 245 |
| Notes | 249 |
| Bibliographic Essay | 279 |
| Index | 287 |