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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... Quinn grew to be a polarizing figure because he alone stood up to defend the prime minister. Quinn aside, the United States and other Western nations had lined up behind the lone remaining opposition leader of any consequence, Sam ...
... Quinn grew to be a polarizing figure because he alone stood up to defend the prime minister. Quinn aside, the United States and other Western nations had lined up behind the lone remaining opposition leader of any consequence, Sam ...
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... Quinn was a young American foreignservice officer stationed south of Saigon in the late 1960s and early 1970s and remembers building irrigation canals and introducing farmers to a new strain of highyield rice that would enable them to ...
... Quinn was a young American foreignservice officer stationed south of Saigon in the late 1960s and early 1970s and remembers building irrigation canals and introducing farmers to a new strain of highyield rice that would enable them to ...
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... Quinn and other Americans serving in Vietnam during the war, the incline offered something far more interesting: a magnificent view of southeastern Cambodia, from the Vietnam border all the way up the meandering Mekong River. In the ...
... Quinn and other Americans serving in Vietnam during the war, the incline offered something far more interesting: a magnificent view of southeastern Cambodia, from the Vietnam border all the way up the meandering Mekong River. In the ...
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... Quinn had no idea what he was looking at. “It was not comprehensible to me. Was it some sort of ceremony? No, it was too big. There were still American air strikes, but this didn't look like that. It looked like dozens and dozens of ...
... Quinn had no idea what he was looking at. “It was not comprehensible to me. Was it some sort of ceremony? No, it was too big. There were still American air strikes, but this didn't look like that. It looked like dozens and dozens of ...
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... Quinn, this was the end result of a year's hard work; his airgram offered important news. For a young officer, this was exciting! Quinn's airgram was fifty pages, singlespaced. Its primary message: The Cambodian Communists (he called ...
... Quinn, this was the end result of a year's hard work; his airgram offered important news. For a young officer, this was exciting! Quinn's airgram was fifty pages, singlespaced. Its primary message: The Cambodian Communists (he called ...
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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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