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as a piece of ancient titillation unworthy of attention in the modern day

security in all of its meanings

boundaries and space

This study was written for the École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO)

a long-time correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review

Murder and Mayhem in Seventeenth-Century Cambodia: Anthony van Diemen vs. King Ramadhipati I mandala as a piece of ancientWith a fold out map Murder and Mayhem in Seventeenth Century Cambodia tells the fascinating story of the origins, course, and consequences of the conflict in the 1630s and 1640s between Cambodia and the Dutch East India Company (VOC), a confrontation that has the dubious distinction of being history's first between a mainland Southeast Asian state and a European power. Apart from its appeal as an extraordinary tale in its own right, this historical