Cambodia's Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled LandPublicAffairs, 2011 M04 12 - 416 páginas A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes how Cambodia emerged from the harrowing years when a quarter of its population perished under the Khmer Rouge. A generation after genocide, Cambodia seemed on the surface to have overcome its history -- the streets of Phnom Penh were paved; skyscrapers dotted the skyline. But under this façe lies a country still haunted by its years of terror. Although the international community tried to rebuild Cambodia and introduce democracy in the 1990s, in the country remained in the grip of a venal government. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joel Brinkley learned that almost a half of Cambodians who lived through the Khmer Rouge era suffered from P.T.S.D. -- and had passed their trauma to the next generation. His extensive close-up reporting in Cambodia's Curse illuminates the country, its people, and the deep historical roots of its modern-day behavior. |
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... Communist insurgents known as the Khmer Rouge overthrew Lon Nol, the military dictator who had been Washington's man in Phnom Penh. Today the story of the Khmer Rouge crimes is well known. Two million Cambodians, onequarter of the ...
... Communist insurgents known as the Khmer Rouge overthrew Lon Nol, the military dictator who had been Washington's man in Phnom Penh. Today the story of the Khmer Rouge crimes is well known. Two million Cambodians, onequarter of the ...
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... Communist Khmer Rouge, dodged gunfire from Vietnamese invaders and trekked hundreds of miles with little or no food to sanctuary in refugee camps on the Thai border. But what kind of sanctuary is it? For many it's a rectangle of hard ...
... Communist Khmer Rouge, dodged gunfire from Vietnamese invaders and trekked hundreds of miles with little or no food to sanctuary in refugee camps on the Thai border. But what kind of sanctuary is it? For many it's a rectangle of hard ...
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... Communism was fashionable in Europe at the time. Saloth Sar and some of the other Cambodians embraced it and then brought the movement home. After returning to Cambodia they would find common cause with Vietnamese rebels who were ...
... Communism was fashionable in Europe at the time. Saloth Sar and some of the other Cambodians embraced it and then brought the movement home. After returning to Cambodia they would find common cause with Vietnamese rebels who were ...
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... Communist Party based in Phnom Penh. Party members tried to remain covert, but they couldn't hide from Sihanouk. He regarded the growth of the communist movement with great alarm and warned in 1961, during a tour of the provinces, that ...
... Communist Party based in Phnom Penh. Party members tried to remain covert, but they couldn't hide from Sihanouk. He regarded the growth of the communist movement with great alarm and warned in 1961, during a tour of the provinces, that ...
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... Communists—a poorly understood insurgent group that later came to be known as the Khmer Rouge. They had not been considered a threat. As Quinn and the other American officers saw it, “they ... communist supporters.” Quinn now believed that.
... Communists—a poorly understood insurgent group that later came to be known as the Khmer Rouge. They had not been considered a threat. As Quinn and the other American officers saw it, “they ... communist supporters.” Quinn now believed that.
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN | |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN | |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN | |
CHAPTER SIXTEEN | |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN | |
Acknowledgements | |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER | |
CHAPTER ELEVEN | |
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