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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... king again. But he wanted nothing less than his old job back—the allpowerful monarch, just like the kings who had ruled Cambodia since the beginning of time. Now, however, he had competitors. During the Vietnamese occupation, from 1979 ...
... king again. But he wanted nothing less than his old job back—the allpowerful monarch, just like the kings who had ruled Cambodia since the beginning of time. Now, however, he had competitors. During the Vietnamese occupation, from 1979 ...
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... kings and noblemen in ancient times. Thailand, Cambodia's western neighbor, has a gross domestic product per capita more than four times higher than Cambodia's. The average annual income for the Thai is about $3,000, compared to just ...
... kings and noblemen in ancient times. Thailand, Cambodia's western neighbor, has a gross domestic product per capita more than four times higher than Cambodia's. The average annual income for the Thai is about $3,000, compared to just ...
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... kings, a big land. We were an important country.” Seanglim Bit left the country in 1975 and watched with horror as the Khmer Rouge destroyed his nation. Fifteen years later he wrote a book, called The Warrior Heritage, about Cambodians ...
... kings, a big land. We were an important country.” Seanglim Bit left the country in 1975 and watched with horror as the Khmer Rouge destroyed his nation. Fifteen years later he wrote a book, called The Warrior Heritage, about Cambodians ...
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... kings of Angkor 1,000 years ago. The lineage of larceny is clear. Far more than almost any other state, modern Cambodia is a product of customs and practices set in stone a millennium ago. CHAPTER ONE Decades ago, when Prime Minister ...
... kings of Angkor 1,000 years ago. The lineage of larceny is clear. Far more than almost any other state, modern Cambodia is a product of customs and practices set in stone a millennium ago. CHAPTER ONE Decades ago, when Prime Minister ...
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... king anointed him with a richly symbolic title: samdech. It means “of great nobility.” As he grew older, he picked up more and more ceremonial appellatives so that soon his full title stretched almost all the way across a printed page ...
... king anointed him with a richly symbolic title: samdech. It means “of great nobility.” As he grew older, he picked up more and more ceremonial appellatives so that soon his full title stretched almost all the way across a printed page ...
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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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