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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... there to write about this doctor and the larger story. This was 1979. The Vietnam War had ended just four years earlier, but the convulsions it caused in neighboring states played out for years following. In Cambodia a few months after ...
... there to write about this doctor and the larger story. This was 1979. The Vietnam War had ended just four years earlier, but the convulsions it caused in neighboring states played out for years following. In Cambodia a few months after ...
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... there spoke English and could tell us what to do. Inside, a Thai military officer sat behind a desk. He didn't speak English either, but I showed the permit and gesticulated a question. He took the permits from us, reached into a drawer ...
... there spoke English and could tell us what to do. Inside, a Thai military officer sat behind a desk. He didn't speak English either, but I showed the permit and gesticulated a question. He took the permits from us, reached into a drawer ...
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... There's no electricity, running water, natural or bottled gas for cooking, telephone service, radio or television, or other clear evidence of the modern world. Ten Keng cooks for her family over an open fire; she burns sticks and twigs ...
... There's no electricity, running water, natural or bottled gas for cooking, telephone service, radio or television, or other clear evidence of the modern world. Ten Keng cooks for her family over an open fire; she burns sticks and twigs ...
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... there were dramatic changes in a relatively short period of time. Pretty soon you'd see metal roofs instead of thatch. You'd hear radio coming from some of the homes, and pretty soon you'd see TV antennas. Then you'd see a taxi service ...
... there were dramatic changes in a relatively short period of time. Pretty soon you'd see metal roofs instead of thatch. You'd hear radio coming from some of the homes, and pretty soon you'd see TV antennas. Then you'd see a taxi service ...
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... There were few schools, factories, hospitals, or other features of twentieth or even nineteenthcentury life to raze. The nation's physical infrastructure is far more advanced today. Its people are another matter. Chan Sophal is chairman ...
... There were few schools, factories, hospitals, or other features of twentieth or even nineteenthcentury life to raze. The nation's physical infrastructure is far more advanced today. Its people are another matter. Chan Sophal is chairman ...
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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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