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.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
416 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2012-09-04 |
| ISBN |
9781610391832 |
