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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... looked yellow with age. Looking down at the paper through dirty reading glasses, she read off a litany of deadly infectious diseases, “Let's see, you're going to need malaria, cholera, tuberculosis, tetanus, typhoid, diphtheria ...
... looked yellow with age. Looking down at the paper through dirty reading glasses, she read off a litany of deadly infectious diseases, “Let's see, you're going to need malaria, cholera, tuberculosis, tetanus, typhoid, diphtheria ...
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... looked at each other and smiled. Serendipity. We crossed the border and drove on, looking for 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 ...
... looked at each other and smiled. Serendipity. We crossed the border and drove on, looking for 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 ...
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... looked around in every direction, and remarked: “It probably looked like this here 350 years ago!” In the years since, Mason says he has seen some changes. A smattering of rural homes now have metal roofs—an anthropologist's measure of ...
... looked around in every direction, and remarked: “It probably looked like this here 350 years ago!” In the years since, Mason says he has seen some changes. A smattering of rural homes now have metal roofs—an anthropologist's measure of ...
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... looked at the floor, silent. After the war, Youk Chhang said, many people felt guilty, ashamed. “So we act passively, like we're deaf, to hide our past behavior. The problem is, now people don't see this as a problem. Today it has ...
... looked at the floor, silent. After the war, Youk Chhang said, many people felt guilty, ashamed. “So we act passively, like we're deaf, to hide our past behavior. The problem is, now people don't see this as a problem. Today it has ...
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... looked out only for themselves; their sole occupation was accruing personal wealth. This state of affairs had continued uninterrupted for centuries, and there was no reason to question it. Cambodia's peasantry viewed the government with ...
... looked out only for themselves; their sole occupation was accruing personal wealth. This state of affairs had continued uninterrupted for centuries, and there was no reason to question it. Cambodia's peasantry viewed the government with ...
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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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