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Why Did Kissinger Wage A Secret War On Cambodia?

Season 37 Episode 6 | 5m 00s

Intent on disrupting North Vietnamese supply lines, Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon authorized the secret bombing and invasion of neighboring Cambodia in 1969. The campaign set off a series of events that destabilized the nation—and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge's rise to power.

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