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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... , when the Vietnamese were known as the Champa and lived only in the North of the country. The rich, fertile Mekong Delta in the South was part of Cambodia for centuries—until June 4, 1949, in fact, when France, which was.
... , when the Vietnamese were known as the Champa and lived only in the North of the country. The rich, fertile Mekong Delta in the South was part of Cambodia for centuries—until June 4, 1949, in fact, when France, which was.
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... lived, early in the nation's history, was not blessed with the same fertile abundance as Cambodia. As a result, the Vietnamese never acquired a dependence on “living by nature.” Even with Vietnam's fertile South, an accident of nature ...
... lived, early in the nation's history, was not blessed with the same fertile abundance as Cambodia. As a result, the Vietnamese never acquired a dependence on “living by nature.” Even with Vietnam's fertile South, an accident of nature ...
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... lived through the Khmer Rouge era have PTSD, borne of their traumatic experiences then. Watching as young soldiers executed family members. Waking to find the person lying next to you dead from starvation. In one clinical study of ...
... lived through the Khmer Rouge era have PTSD, borne of their traumatic experiences then. Watching as young soldiers executed family members. Waking to find the person lying next to you dead from starvation. In one clinical study of ...
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... lived within their bodies. Therefore, when you ate another person's internal organs, you absorbed his power. It would seem that the kings of Champa held the same view. That superstition persists today. Following a coup in 1970, a mob ...
... lived within their bodies. Therefore, when you ate another person's internal organs, you absorbed his power. It would seem that the kings of Champa held the same view. That superstition persists today. Following a coup in 1970, a mob ...
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... lived when the kings of Angkor ruled. A few years later the Vietnamese emperor assigned his best general, Troung Minh Giang, to civilize the Cambodians. But in short order, the general gave up. “After studying the situation,” he ...
... lived when the kings of Angkor ruled. A few years later the Vietnamese emperor assigned his best general, Troung Minh Giang, to civilize the Cambodians. But in short order, the general gave up. “After studying the situation,” he ...
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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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