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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... began to recover, went back to the office, and wrote a fiveday series on Cambodia. Back then, before the Internet, even before Nexis and other newspaper data banks, when a regional paper wrote something, no one else saw it. For us, we ...
... began to recover, went back to the office, and wrote a fiveday series on Cambodia. Back then, before the Internet, even before Nexis and other newspaper data banks, when a regional paper wrote something, no one else saw it. For us, we ...
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... . The assistant secretary of state for the region, Richard Solomon, grabbed the issue as his own and pushed it hard—even as some more senior officials began expressing doubts. In fact, the Cambodian “war” had ended in.
... . The assistant secretary of state for the region, Richard Solomon, grabbed the issue as his own and pushed it hard—even as some more senior officials began expressing doubts. In fact, the Cambodian “war” had ended in.
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... began. An old leader had regained his strength while new ones had emerged. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the consummate selfinterested monarch who was extremely popular with most of the Cambodian people, had ruled Cambodia since 1941, until ...
... began. An old leader had regained his strength while new ones had emerged. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the consummate selfinterested monarch who was extremely popular with most of the Cambodian people, had ruled Cambodia since 1941, until ...
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... began noticing the dictatorial way he ran his own political party. For all Rainsy's talk of democracy, it was hard to tell whether he was just a poseur. Fighting finally broke out between Ranariddh and Hun Sen in 1997. Hun Sen became ...
... began noticing the dictatorial way he ran his own political party. For all Rainsy's talk of democracy, it was hard to tell whether he was just a poseur. Fighting finally broke out between Ranariddh and Hun Sen in 1997. Hun Sen became ...
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... began to decline in the fifteenth century. It had reigned longer than the Roman Empire. Though no one knows exactly why Angkor lost its way, theories abound. Most likely, the city outgrew its ability to sustain itself. Cambodians have ...
... began to decline in the fifteenth century. It had reigned longer than the Roman Empire. Though no one knows exactly why Angkor lost its way, theories abound. Most likely, the city outgrew its ability to sustain itself. Cambodians have ...
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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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