Michael Theodore Vickery (April 1, 1931 – June 29, 2017) was an American historian, lecturer, and author known for his works about the history of Southeast Asia.

[1] After acquiring a Bachelor of Arts in Russian studies from the University of Washington in 1952, Vickery became a Fulbright scholar in Finland from 1953 to 1955 before joining the United States Army in Germany from 1956 to 1958.

[2] On June 29, 2017, Vickery died of a heart attack at the age of 86 in Battambang Province, Cambodia, where his funeral was held for five days.

[11] He is considered to be, and regularly cited as, a "Cambodia expert",[14] one of the leading historians on Cambodian history[15][16] and as a "giant of Southeast Asian scholarship".

I believe the task of BCAS should be to counter U.S. regime misinformation and mainstream self-censorship, and provide well-researched progressive information on Asia and the Pacific...[sic]"[17]Vickery contributed a number of columns for the Phnom Penh Post from 1992 to 2007[18] during which time he engaged in political debate.