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During the Vietnam War, King Sihanouk of Cambodia eventually allied with the Khmer Rouge and was their public figurehead and recruitment tool. Despite this fact, the Cambodian people held him in high regard when he returned following the overthrow of the Khmer regime. Why was he so revered?

by /u/George_S_Patton_III in /r/AskHistorians

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