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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... later, working for the New York Times, I was fortunate to have all the advantages big papers provided for foreign correspondents: drivers, guides, translators, assistants. Jay and I had none of that. We were on our own, and we were ...
... later, working for the New York Times, I was fortunate to have all the advantages big papers provided for foreign correspondents: drivers, guides, translators, assistants. Jay and I had none of that. We were on our own, and we were ...
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... Later, after getting the result of a blood test, he realized what it was: typhoid. He prescribed antibiotics. But I stayed home in bed, sweaty, feverish, and hallucinatory. On Thanksgiving Day a friend brought me a big turkey drumstick ...
... Later, after getting the result of a blood test, he realized what it was: typhoid. He prescribed antibiotics. But I stayed home in bed, sweaty, feverish, and hallucinatory. On Thanksgiving Day a friend brought me a big turkey drumstick ...
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... later I asked Cambodia's minister of information, Khieu Kanharith, about the incident. The police removed the license plate? He had to think for a moment but finally managed to say, “You try to cover. *In pursuit of this and related ...
... later I asked Cambodia's minister of information, Khieu Kanharith, about the incident. The police removed the license plate? He had to think for a moment but finally managed to say, “You try to cover. *In pursuit of this and related ...
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... later ambassadors, particularly Kent Wiedemann, tended to view the government's corruption and venality with little if any sympathy. Wiedemann admitted that he effectively turned American policy toward Cambodia over to the human-rights ...
... later ambassadors, particularly Kent Wiedemann, tended to view the government's corruption and venality with little if any sympathy. Wiedemann admitted that he effectively turned American policy toward Cambodia over to the human-rights ...
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... later Paul Mason was working in Cambodia as an agronomist on the Vietnam border. “On our side, the ground was all brown and cracked,” he recalled. “Over the border, just meters away, were these verdant green fields.” Today, more than 90 ...
... later Paul Mason was working in Cambodia as an agronomist on the Vietnam border. “On our side, the ground was all brown and cracked,” he recalled. “Over the border, just meters away, were these verdant green fields.” Today, more than 90 ...
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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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