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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... Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and the refugee crisis.” “Oh, by the way,” he said—almost as if he meant: if you don't have anything better to do. At first I wasn't sure I believed him. After all, Cox was a jokester. While the circus ...
... Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and the refugee crisis.” “Oh, by the way,” he said—almost as if he meant: if you don't have anything better to do. At first I wasn't sure I believed him. After all, Cox was a jokester. While the circus ...
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... Vietnamese. So Jay and I started in Bangkok, where I had a few interviews, and then we drove to the Cambodian border—a severalhour trip on bad roads traversed by almost as many water buffalo as cars. We stayed at a hotel in ...
... Vietnamese. So Jay and I started in Bangkok, where I had a few interviews, and then we drove to the Cambodian border—a severalhour trip on bad roads traversed by almost as many water buffalo as cars. We stayed at a hotel in ...
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... for another assault by Thai soldiers who come to rape their women. Or for Vietnamese troops to launch an all-out offensive that would drive them across the border into Thailand. And some wait to learn where the next steps in xii | PREFACE.
... for another assault by Thai soldiers who come to rape their women. Or for Vietnamese troops to launch an all-out offensive that would drive them across the border into Thailand. And some wait to learn where the next steps in xii | PREFACE.
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... Vietnamese invaders and trekked hundreds of miles with little or no food to sanctuary in refugee camps on the Thai border. But what kind of sanctuary is it? For many it's a rectangle of hard, bare ground the size of a desktop. It's a ...
... Vietnamese invaders and trekked hundreds of miles with little or no food to sanctuary in refugee camps on the Thai border. But what kind of sanctuary is it? For many it's a rectangle of hard, bare ground the size of a desktop. It's a ...
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... Vietnamese had pulled out of Cambodia, in 1989, and left a puppet Marxist government in place. The Khmer Rouge, still directed by Pol Pot, continued waging a guerrilla war against the occupiers and their government. The country seemed ...
... Vietnamese had pulled out of Cambodia, in 1989, and left a puppet Marxist government in place. The Khmer Rouge, still directed by Pol Pot, continued waging a guerrilla war against the occupiers and their government. The country seemed ...
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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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