The National Bank of Cambodia in Phnom Penh was demolished with explosives in 1975 by the new Khmer Rouge government as a symbol of their rejection of capitalism.
Photograph by Ben Kiernan, 1980.
Some historians argue that US intervention was primarily responsible for the Khmer Rouge coming to power and the share some responsibility for the subsequent suffering of civilians in Cambodia. How valid is this argument? Use evidence to support your position.
