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Part One: The Film Directing Playboy King Who Handed His Country to Pol Pot

Behind the Bastards

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You Don't Have to Pull It Away

Cambodia was ruled by the French for 150 years. In 1953, King Ciena demanded his country's independence and full control of the military. The US refused to meet with him but offered to take him to a circus. He threatened that Cambodia would go communist if it wasn't given its independence.

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