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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... Cambodia. 4. Social change—Cambodia. 5. Cambodia—Social conditions—21st century. 6. Pol Pot—Influence. I. Title. DS554.8.B75 2011 959.604—dc22 2010044806 First Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Charlotte and Veronica Gusf of Thailand #T ...
... Cambodia. 4. Social change—Cambodia. 5. Cambodia—Social conditions—21st century. 6. Pol Pot—Influence. I. Title. DS554.8.B75 2011 959.604—dc22 2010044806 First Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Charlotte and Veronica Gusf of Thailand #T ...
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... Cambodia's teachers were killed and 95 percent of the doctors, along with almost everyone else who had an education. Cambodia, as Pol Pot liked to say, was returned to year zero. But in the autumn of 1979, little of this was known ...
... Cambodia's teachers were killed and 95 percent of the doctors, along with almost everyone else who had an education. Cambodia, as Pol Pot liked to say, was returned to year zero. But in the autumn of 1979, little of this was known ...
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... Cambodia.” “Cambodia?” she asked. “Spell it.” So I spelled it, and she rummaged around in a file drawer until finally she pulled out a tattered sheet that looked yellow with age. Looking down at the paper through dirty reading glasses ...
... Cambodia.” “Cambodia?” she asked. “Spell it.” So I spelled it, and she rummaged around in a file drawer until finally she pulled out a tattered sheet that looked yellow with age. Looking down at the paper through dirty reading glasses ...
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... Cambodia. Back then, before the Internet, even before Nexis and other newspaper data banks, when a regional paper wrote something, no one else saw it. For us, we heard only from readers in Kentucky and southern Indiana. After that, our ...
... Cambodia. Back then, before the Internet, even before Nexis and other newspaper data banks, when a regional paper wrote something, no one else saw it. For us, we heard only from readers in Kentucky and southern Indiana. After that, our ...
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... Cambodia is a tough job. —————. Two. years researching and two long summers reporting in Cambodia answered my question: What had Cambodia done with that singular chance, that great gift the United Nations had bestowed? As it turned out ...
... Cambodia is a tough job. —————. Two. years researching and two long summers reporting in Cambodia answered my question: What had Cambodia done with that singular chance, that great gift the United Nations had bestowed? As it turned out ...
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CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
CHAPTER THREE | 53 |
CHAPTER FOUR | 69 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 87 |
CHAPTER SIX | 105 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 133 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN | 245 |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN | 265 |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN | 287 |
CHAPTER SIXTEEN | 311 |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN | 337 |
EPILOGUE | 347 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 359 |
NOTES | 361 |
CHAPTER EIGHT | 155 |
CHAPTER NINE | 171 |
CHAPTER TEN | 189 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN | 207 |
CHAPTER TWELVE | 221 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 367 |
INDEX | 369 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER | 385 |
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