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Monarchical Manipulation in Cambodia: France, Japan, and the Sihanouk Crusade for Independence Pagodas Offers startling new insights intoBy Geoffrey C. Gunn One figure strides across modern Cambodian history Norodom Sihanouk. From his accession to the throne of Cambodia in 1941 until his extravagant funeral ceremony in 2013, the prince turned king father in later life never dodged controversy. But this is not a biography of Sihanouk; the focus is upon the final decades of the French protectorate, the rise of a counter elite and winning of Cambodia's independence. Manipulation of the