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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... government officials “grew wealthy while the books showed red,” and the economy “was a continuation of the traditional practice of officials extracting a percentage of what they collected for the state; and no one of the elite was ever ...
... government officials “grew wealthy while the books showed red,” and the economy “was a continuation of the traditional practice of officials extracting a percentage of what they collected for the state; and no one of the elite was ever ...
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... government and the military fell into an orgy of theft that knew no bounds. In the field, army officers sold uniforms and ammunition, even artillery pieces, to the enemy. They stole their units' food rations and medicine, then sold them ...
... government and the military fell into an orgy of theft that knew no bounds. In the field, army officers sold uniforms and ammunition, even artillery pieces, to the enemy. They stole their units' food rations and medicine, then sold them ...
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... officers were studying in the United States under the Pentagon's Military ... government no longer existed. Suddenly, all of these men were classified as ... officers. So they contracted the problem out. They hired a refugee assistance ...
... officers were studying in the United States under the Pentagon's Military ... government no longer existed. Suddenly, all of these men were classified as ... officers. So they contracted the problem out. They hired a refugee assistance ...
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... officials were telling Coleman she should try to encourage them to stay in the United States, “but they weren't saying that out loud” to the refugees, Coleman said ... government officials and others. But Solarz had another aim: He wanted to.
... officials were telling Coleman she should try to encourage them to stay in the United States, “but they weren't saying that out loud” to the refugees, Coleman said ... government officials and others. But Solarz had another aim: He wanted to.
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN | |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN | |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN | |
CHAPTER SIXTEEN | |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN | |
Acknowledgements | |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER | |
CHAPTER ELEVEN | |
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