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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... asked us where we were going, and I said, “Cambodia.” “Cambodia?” she asked. “Spell it.” So I spelled it, and she rummaged around in a file drawer until finally she pulled out a tattered sheet that looked yellow with age. Looking down ...
... asked us where we were going, and I said, “Cambodia.” “Cambodia?” she asked. “Spell it.” So I spelled it, and she rummaged around in a file drawer until finally she pulled out a tattered sheet that looked yellow with age. Looking down ...
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... asked Cambodia's minister of information, Khieu Kanharith, about the incident. The police removed the license plate? He had to think for a moment but finally managed to say, “You try to cover the plates because it's harder to sell a car ...
... asked Cambodia's minister of information, Khieu Kanharith, about the incident. The police removed the license plate? He had to think for a moment but finally managed to say, “You try to cover the plates because it's harder to sell a car ...
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... Asked about that experience thirty years later, as he relates the story his voice gradually rises while he fidgets and shifts in his seat. “The regime was trying to do something to empower themselves, but they did not want to empower us ...
... Asked about that experience thirty years later, as he relates the story his voice gradually rises while he fidgets and shifts in his seat. “The regime was trying to do something to empower themselves, but they did not want to empower us ...
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... asked Ing Kantha Phavi, minister of women's affairs and a medical doctor. “It is well known that children who grow up in a home with domestic violence are likely to commit domestic violence themselves. The next generation will be the ...
... asked Ing Kantha Phavi, minister of women's affairs and a medical doctor. “It is well known that children who grow up in a home with domestic violence are likely to commit domestic violence themselves. The next generation will be the ...
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... asked what the government does for him now. “The roads, the bridges, the wells,” he said. About 680 people live in Bon Skol. Their homes are small abodes perched on poles a few feet above the ground, with thatched roofs and walls of ...
... asked what the government does for him now. “The roads, the bridges, the wells,” he said. About 680 people live in Bon Skol. Their homes are small abodes perched on poles a few feet above the ground, with thatched roofs and walls of ...
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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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