When the War was Over: The Voices of Cambodia's Revolution and Its People

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Simon and Schuster, 1986 - History - 502 pages
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Surveys Cambodia's recent history, looks at the rise and fall of the Khmer Rouge, and shares interviews with survivors of and refugees from the government of Pol Pot

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The enormity of Cambodia's modern tragedy continues to challenge our comprehension. Becker, an experienced "Cambodia hand,'' interviewed the despot Pol Pot just before his fall from power. Her book is ... Read full review

Contents

Preface
13
one Distant Followers
19
two The Birth of Modern Cambodia
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About the author (1986)

Elizabeth Becker is an award winning author and former correspondent for The New York Times" who reported from Europe, Asia, and South America. As the Senior Foreign Editor at National Public Radio, she oversaw all the network's foreign bureaus and their reporting. She has won awards from the Robert Kennedy Book Awards, Overseas Press Club, and DuPont-Columbia and was part of the New York Times" staff that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for public service.

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TitleWhen the War was Over: The Voices of Cambodia's Revolution and Its People
A Touchstone book
Van Nostrand Reinhold Computing
AuthorElizabeth Becker
Editionillustrated
PublisherSimon and Schuster, 1986
ISBN0671417878, 9780671417871
Length502 pages
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