...for it was the Buddhist order itself, patronized by the monarch, that was threatened with extinction. As one rebel wrote, 'We are happy killing Vietnamese....[of Buddhism]: the Buddha, the law, and the monastic community.'8 The ending of the rebellion was, not surprisingly, marked by the restoration of the monarchy...

...i59-6o).33 Resisting Vietnamese military occupation in the 18305, a Cambodian rebel leader proclaimed: "We are happy killing Vietnamese. We no longer fear...our battles, we are mindful of the three jewels [of Buddhist teaching]."34 In April 1970, the French ambassador to Phnom Penh warned that new massacres...

...for it was the Buddhist order itself, patronized by the monarch, that was threatened with extinction. As one rebel wrote, 'We are happy killing Vietnamese....[of Buddhism]: the Buddha, the law, and the monastic community.'8 The ending of the rebellion was, not surprisingly, marked by the restoration of the monarchy...