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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... corrupt, autocratic leader was running the country. The United Nations, in hindsight, had overestimated its ability to effect democratic change. Cambodia was the first major statebuilding effort of the late twentieth century. The most ...
... corrupt, autocratic leader was running the country. The United Nations, in hindsight, had overestimated its ability to effect democratic change. Cambodia was the first major statebuilding effort of the late twentieth century. The most ...
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... corrupt, and the donors began pushing the leaders to live up to their promises, to serve their people. Hun Sen, Ranariddh, and the king offered little more than lip service to those demands, but that seemed to be enough. The donors kept ...
... corrupt, and the donors began pushing the leaders to live up to their promises, to serve their people. Hun Sen, Ranariddh, and the king offered little more than lip service to those demands, but that seemed to be enough. The donors kept ...
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... corrupt and oppressive policies. So Quinn grew to be a polarizing figure because he alone stood up to defend the prime ... corruption and venality with little if any sympathy. Wiedemann admitted that he effectively turned American policy ...
... corrupt and oppressive policies. So Quinn grew to be a polarizing figure because he alone stood up to defend the prime ... corruption and venality with little if any sympathy. Wiedemann admitted that he effectively turned American policy ...
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... corruption. Through the Angkor empire and into the twentieth century, Cambodia had not a single school. Only monks in village pagodas who taught young boys scripture and perhaps how to read. Girls received no education whatsoever. As a ...
... corruption. Through the Angkor empire and into the twentieth century, Cambodia had not a single school. Only monks in village pagodas who taught young boys scripture and perhaps how to read. Girls received no education whatsoever. As a ...
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... corruption but then lived a lifestyle of almost unimaginable extravagance. His wealth's source remained obscure. Years later, in the early 1990s, Secretary of State James Baker visited Sihanouk in Paris at the Cambodian ambassador's ...
... corruption but then lived a lifestyle of almost unimaginable extravagance. His wealth's source remained obscure. Years later, in the early 1990s, Secretary of State James Baker visited Sihanouk in Paris at the Cambodian ambassador's ...
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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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