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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The Modern History of a Troubled Land Joel Brinkley. CAMBODIA'S CURSE INTRODUCTION When American visitors came to see Joseph Mussomeli, while.
The Modern History of a Troubled Land Joel Brinkley. CAMBODIA'S CURSE INTRODUCTION When American visitors came to see Joseph Mussomeli, while.
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The Modern History of a Troubled Land Joel Brinkley. INTRODUCTION. When. American visitors came to see Joseph Mussomeli ... America,” Ambassador Mussomeli observed, “all they know of Cambodia is the Khmer Rouge.” So it's no wonder that ...
The Modern History of a Troubled Land Joel Brinkley. INTRODUCTION. When. American visitors came to see Joseph Mussomeli ... America,” Ambassador Mussomeli observed, “all they know of Cambodia is the Khmer Rouge.” So it's no wonder that ...
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... American bombing of eastern provinces) did in Cambodia. The war in Vietnam ended just four years before the Khmer Rouge defeat in 1979. Yet today Vietnam's gross domestic product per capita is almost ten times higher than Cambodia's ...
... American bombing of eastern provinces) did in Cambodia. The war in Vietnam ended just four years before the Khmer Rouge defeat in 1979. Yet today Vietnam's gross domestic product per capita is almost ten times higher than Cambodia's ...
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... American aid workers and diplomats spent millions of dollars aiding and modernizing the South. Kenneth Quinn was a young American foreign-service officer stationed south of Saigon in the late 1960s and early 1970s and remembers building ...
... American aid workers and diplomats spent millions of dollars aiding and modernizing the South. Kenneth Quinn was a young American foreign-service officer stationed south of Saigon in the late 1960s and early 1970s and remembers building ...
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... American states.) He's a serious man, intelligent and determined, and he holds an important senior position. But when he was eighteen years old the Khmer Rouge seized power and put him to work with hundreds of others digging an ...
... American states.) He's a serious man, intelligent and determined, and he holds an important senior position. But when he was eighteen years old the Khmer Rouge seized power and put him to work with hundreds of others digging 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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