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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... refugee crisis.” “Oh, by the way,” he said—almost as if he meant: if you don't have anything better to do. At first ... refugees. Mather convinced the photo editor to send a reporter and photographer there to write about this doctor and ...
... refugee crisis.” “Oh, by the way,” he said—almost as if he meant: if you don't have anything better to do. At first ... refugees. Mather convinced the photo editor to send a reporter and photographer there to write about this doctor and ...
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... refugees stumbled toward Thailand, bringing with them deadly diseases, emaciated bodies, and stories so terrible they were hard to believe—the world's first clear image of the Khmer Rouge horrors. That's where I was going. In those days ...
... refugees stumbled toward Thailand, bringing with them deadly diseases, emaciated bodies, and stories so terrible they were hard to believe—the world's first clear image of the Khmer Rouge horrors. That's where I was going. In those days ...
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... refugee camps. After a while, we came upon a big truck stacked high with sacks of rice, so we followed it. The driver stopped in front of a crude shelter. Inside lay dozens of sick and dying Cambodians, all wearing the black pajamas ...
... refugee camps. After a while, we came upon a big truck stacked high with sacks of rice, so we followed it. The driver stopped in front of a crude shelter. Inside lay dozens of sick and dying Cambodians, all wearing the black pajamas ...
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... refugee camp is hellish, unbearable. The relief worker who ends the first day weteyed can't always blame the choking dust. But compared with life in Cambodia since 1975, many refugees say their plight doesn't seem so bad. Talk to them ...
... refugee camp is hellish, unbearable. The relief worker who ends the first day weteyed can't always blame the choking dust. But compared with life in Cambodia since 1975, many refugees say their plight doesn't seem so bad. Talk to them ...
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... refugees who came to the United States in the early 1980s and now live in Long Beach, California, 62 percent were diagnosed with PTSD—twentyfive years after their trauma. The illness brings with it major depression, insomnia, and dulled ...
... refugees who came to the United States in the early 1980s and now live in Long Beach, California, 62 percent were diagnosed with PTSD—twentyfive years after their trauma. The illness brings with it major depression, insomnia, and dulled ...
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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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