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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... Court said with a piercing look. “Cambodians have been poisoned by the struggle to survive.” Chhay Sareth agreed. “We are a broken society,” the longtime governor of Pursat Province averred. Won't the nation grow out of it? After all ...
... Court said with a piercing look. “Cambodians have been poisoned by the struggle to survive.” Chhay Sareth agreed. “We are a broken society,” the longtime governor of Pursat Province averred. Won't the nation grow out of it? After all ...
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... court had no training or knowledge in government administration. Most were illiterate. The very idea of working on behalf of the people to improve their lot was a foreign concept. These officers looked out only for themselves; their ...
... court had no training or knowledge in government administration. Most were illiterate. The very idea of working on behalf of the people to improve their lot was a foreign concept. These officers looked out only for themselves; their ...
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... court, changed the course of Cambodian history. The king signed a treaty with France in 1863, offering timber and mining rights in exchange for protection from Cambodia's neighbors. The French could easily deal with the Vietnamese ...
... court, changed the course of Cambodian history. The king signed a treaty with France in 1863, offering timber and mining rights in exchange for protection from Cambodia's neighbors. The French could easily deal with the Vietnamese ...
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Contenido
3 | |
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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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