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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... foreign correspondents: drivers, guides, translators, assistants. Jay and I had none of that. We were on our own, and we were naifs. Journalists then weren't easily able to reach Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. Khmer Rouge fighters were ...
... foreign correspondents: drivers, guides, translators, assistants. Jay and I had none of that. We were on our own, and we were naifs. Journalists then weren't easily able to reach Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. Khmer Rouge fighters were ...
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... foreign correspondent for nearly twentyfive years. I had reported from more than fifty countries, though I had never made it back to Cambodia. But I had a big question on my mind. A decade after their invasion, the Vietnamese had pulled ...
... foreign correspondent for nearly twentyfive years. I had reported from more than fifty countries, though I had never made it back to Cambodia. But I had a big question on my mind. A decade after their invasion, the Vietnamese had pulled ...
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... slaves. Others faced even worse fates, giving their lives in service of the kings' foreign policy. Kings of that time paid homage to one another. Indravarman knew just what it took to please the king of Champa (now central.
... slaves. Others faced even worse fates, giving their lives in service of the kings' foreign policy. Kings of that time paid homage to one another. Indravarman knew just what it took to please the king of Champa (now central.
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... foreign concept. These officers looked out only for themselves; their sole occupation was accruing personal wealth. This state of affairs had continued uninterrupted for centuries, and there was no reason to question it. Cambodia's ...
... foreign concept. These officers looked out only for themselves; their sole occupation was accruing personal wealth. This state of affairs had continued uninterrupted for centuries, and there was no reason to question it. Cambodia's ...
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... foreign aid—so much money, Sihanouk said, that Cambodia was succumbing to the “dollar god.” His mandarins were ladling vast personal fortunes from the foreignaid accounts. Sihanouk liked to inveigh against corruption but then lived a ...
... foreign aid—so much money, Sihanouk said, that Cambodia was succumbing to the “dollar god.” His mandarins were ladling vast personal fortunes from the foreignaid accounts. Sihanouk liked to inveigh against corruption but then lived a ...
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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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