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- A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes how Cambodia emerged from the harrowing years when a quarter of its population perished under the Khmer Rouge.
- About the Author: Joel Brinkley, a professor of journalism at Stanford University, is a twenty-three-year veteran of the New York Times.
- 416 Pages
- History, Asia
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About the Book
Originally published in hardcover in 2011.Book Synopsis
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.Review Quotes
"A heartbreaking but vital status report on a people who deserve far better."--Booklist
"A riveting piece of literary reportage."--Publishers Weekly
"An excellent...account of a country whose historic poverty, exacerbated by the Vietnam War, remains remarkably unchanged."--Kirkus, February 15, 2011
"Brinkley cuts a clear narrative path through the bewildering, cynical politics and violent social life of one of the worlds most brutalized and hard-up countries."--Foreign Affairs, May/June 2011
About the Author
Joel Brinkley, a professor of journalism at Stanford University, is a twenty-three-year veteran of the New York Times. He has worked in more than fifty nations and writes a nationally syndicated op-ed column on foreign policy. He won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1980 and was twice a finalist for an investigative reporting Pulitzer in the following years. Cambodia's Curse is his fifth book.Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x 1.2 Inches (D)
Weight: .78 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Asia
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 416
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Theme: Southeast Asia
Format: Paperback
Author: Joel Brinkley
Language: English
Street Date: September 4, 2012
TCIN: 89576582
UPC: 9781610391832
Item Number (DPCI): 247-31-1008
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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