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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... king anointed him with a richly symbolic title: samdech. It means “of great nobility.” As he grew older, he picked ... kings. All that's lacking are the elephants. Unlike Hun Sen, the first kings of Angkor, the Khmer kingdom, knew how to ...
... king anointed him with a richly symbolic title: samdech. It means “of great nobility.” As he grew older, he picked ... kings. All that's lacking are the elephants. Unlike Hun Sen, the first kings of Angkor, the Khmer kingdom, knew how to ...
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... King Indravarman III, one of Jayavarman's heirs, ruled a vast Asian empire stretching across most of Southeast Asia ... king. “Their red parasols, too many to count, were visible from far away. Next came the king's wives and concubines ...
... King Indravarman III, one of Jayavarman's heirs, ruled a vast Asian empire stretching across most of Southeast Asia ... king. “Their red parasols, too many to count, were visible from far away. Next came the king's wives and concubines ...
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... kings kept vast harems, hundreds of women—until near the end of the twentieth century. Angkor's lifeblood was rice. The kings of Angkor built large reservoirs and complex irrigation canals for the farmers. After all, rice was the source ...
... kings kept vast harems, hundreds of women—until near the end of the twentieth century. Angkor's lifeblood was rice. The kings of Angkor built large reservoirs and complex irrigation canals for the farmers. After all, rice was the source ...
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... kings never acquired the view that they were accountable to their people. Still, the people clamored for favors; they begged the king for financial assistance or to weigh in on land disputes—an endemic problem. The king also stepped in ...
... kings never acquired the view that they were accountable to their people. Still, the people clamored for favors; they begged the king for financial assistance or to weigh in on land disputes—an endemic problem. The king also stepped in ...
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... kings' foreign policy. Kings of that time paid homage to one another. Indravarman knew just what it took to please the king of Champa (now central Vietnam). “At night men were sent out in many directions, to well-frequented places in ...
... kings' foreign policy. Kings of that time paid homage to one another. Indravarman knew just what it took to please the king of Champa (now central Vietnam). “At night men were sent out in many directions, to well-frequented places in ...
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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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