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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... 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 giving money, hundreds of millions of dollars, year after year—even as the.
... 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 giving money, hundreds of millions of dollars, year after year—even as the.
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... offered an example. His family, he said, was respected in their village, but in 1978 the Khmer Rouge ordered the family killed. Villagers made a deal with the soldiers: Kill another family instead. And, sure enough, Hem Heng recalled ...
... offered an example. His family, he said, was respected in their village, but in 1978 the Khmer Rouge ordered the family killed. Villagers made a deal with the soldiers: Kill another family instead. And, sure enough, Hem Heng recalled ...
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... offering timber and mining rights in exchange for protection from Cambodia's neighbors. The French could easily deal with the Vietnamese threat, as they had recently occupied Vietnam, too. The Thai were a more difficult problem. For the ...
... offering timber and mining rights in exchange for protection from Cambodia's neighbors. The French could easily deal with the Vietnamese threat, as they had recently occupied Vietnam, too. The Thai were a more difficult problem. For the ...
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... offered little in return. Only in 1935 did they build the nation's first high school, in Phnom Penh. Even so, they used it primarily to educate members of the royal family and train mandarin children to work in the French administration ...
... offered little in return. Only in 1935 did they build the nation's first high school, in Phnom Penh. Even so, they used it primarily to educate members of the royal family and train mandarin children to work in the French administration ...
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... offered something far more interesting: a magnificent view of southeastern Cambodia, from the Vietnam border all the ... offering hybrid seeds and advice to rice farmers. At the same time, in the North, the U.S. military was gradually ...
... offered something far more interesting: a magnificent view of southeastern Cambodia, from the Vietnam border all the ... offering hybrid seeds and advice to rice farmers. At the same time, in the North, the U.S. military was gradually ...
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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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