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Harish Mehta is a university lecturer, whose research areas encompass the history of American Foreign Relations, World History, Southeast Asian history, the Vietnam Wars, the Middle East, and Postcolonial India. == Books == Dr. Mehta has written three books on Cambodia: ''Hun Sen: Strongman of Cambodia'' (co-author Julie Mehta) is based on several hours of interviews with Prime Minister Hun Sen, whom the authors have known personally for twenty-one years. Although this is an authorised biography published in 1999, book reviewers have written that the account is fairly balanced, and provides new perspectives on a leader whose life has been shrouded in secrecy. A new and updated edition of the Hun Sen biography is forthcoming in 2012: it will contain more than 100 new pages, and new interviews with Hun Sen. Mehta's 2001 book ''Warrior Prince: Norodom Ranariddh, Son of King Sihanouk of Cambodia'' is based on several hours of interviews with Prince Norodom Ranariddh, his wife Princess Marie Ranariddh (interviewed by Julie), his brother Prince Norodom Chakrapong, and Prince Chakrapong's son Prince Norodom Buddhapong, as well as several actors in Cambodian politics. King Sihanouk was critical of the book, and issued several press statements to correct the historical record. As a New Left Historian, Mehta is supportive of the efforts by King Norodom Sihanouk to create a neutral and non-aligned Cambodia. Mehta praises King Sihanouk's influential role as a leading global voice for national liberation struggles in several decolonising countries in Asia in his public statements and in signed editorials in Kambuja magazine. Mehta argues that historians will remember King Sihanouk as a nationalist who attempted to keep his country free from the hegemony of both the United States and the Soviet Union. Prime Minister Hun Sen, likewise, opposes American intervention in his country. Mehta's 1997 book ''Cambodia Silenced: The Press Under Six Regimes'' is the first effort to document the troubled history of the Cambodian press. These three books have been widely cited in historical works and dissertations by scholars. Mehta has articles have appeared in the journal ''Peace and Change'', and ''Diplomatic History'' in 2012. He is working on a full-length book on North Vietnam's people's diplomacy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harish Mehta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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