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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... Vietnam War's wounds were fresh; the last place Americans wanted to focus attention was Southeast Asia. They were preoccupied with energy crises, intelligence scandals, and, soon enough, the hostages in Iran. In December 1978 Vietnam ...
... Vietnam War's wounds were fresh; the last place Americans wanted to focus attention was Southeast Asia. They were preoccupied with energy crises, intelligence scandals, and, soon enough, the hostages in Iran. In December 1978 Vietnam ...
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... Vietnam, working together, could make this work. After all, this nation, like Germany and Japan, had been destroyed in a civil war of sorts. In Washington, the State Department plunged into the planning. The assistant secretary of state ...
... Vietnam, working together, could make this work. After all, this nation, like Germany and Japan, had been destroyed in a civil war of sorts. In Washington, the State Department plunged into the planning. The assistant secretary of state ...
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... Vietnam pulled out, Ranariddh coveted power too. He seemed to know or care little about governance. But as prime minister, he knew he would be able to enrich himself. Ranariddh was not as clever as Hun Sen, but he was of royal lineage ...
... Vietnam pulled out, Ranariddh coveted power too. He seemed to know or care little about governance. But as prime minister, he knew he would be able to enrich himself. Ranariddh was not as clever as Hun Sen, but he was of royal lineage ...
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... Vietnam border. He had just turned on his little television. The battery sat on the floor amid a welter of wires and alligator clips. After a moment, a fuzzy black-and-white image of a Thai soap opera came on the screen, and Mou Neam ...
... Vietnam border. He had just turned on his little television. The battery sat on the floor amid a welter of wires and alligator clips. After a moment, a fuzzy black-and-white image of a Thai soap opera came on the screen, and Mou Neam ...
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... Vietnam or Thailand, its neighbors. But if you travel the corridors of government in Phnom Penh, you'll find Cambodia's only portly people: senior government ministers. Their diets are rich in fatty foods. Their obesity serves as an ...
... Vietnam or Thailand, its neighbors. But if you travel the corridors of government in Phnom Penh, you'll find Cambodia's only portly people: senior government ministers. Their diets are rich in fatty foods. Their obesity serves as an ...
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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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