03244cam a2200361 4500 1564214070 TxAuBib 20240904120000.0 ||||||s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780786725861 0786725869 B004ROT3R6 Amazon 813573ca-1c0d-4a5e-8834-f4ae12d1765a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 555396 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Becker, Elizabeth. When the War Was Over [Libby eBook] : Cambodia And The Khmer Rouge Revolution. PublicAffairs, 1998. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2124kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Asia. HTML:Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker started covering Cambodia in 1973 for <i>The Washington Post</i>, when the country was perceived as little more than a footnote to the Vietnam War. Then, with the rise of the Khmer Rouge in 1975 came the closing of the border and a systematic reorganization of Cambodian society. Everyone was sent from the towns and cities to the countryside, where they were forced to labor endlessly in the fields. The intelligentsia were brutally exterminated, and torture, terror, and death became routine. Ultimately, almost two million people—nearly a quarter of the population—were killed in what was one of this century's worst crimes against humanity.<i>When the War Was Over</i> is Elizabeth Becker's masterful account of the Cambodian nightmare. Encompassing the era of French colonialism and the revival of Cambodian nationalism; 1950s Paris, where Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot received his political education; the killing fields of Cambodia; government chambers in Washington, Paris, Moscow, Beijing, Hanoi, and Phnom Penh; and the death of Pol Pot in 1998; this is a book of epic vision and staggering power. Merging original historical research with the many voices of those who lived through the times and exclusive interviews with every Cambodian leader of the past quarter century, <i>When the War Was Over</i> illuminates the darkness of Cambodia with the intensity of a bolt of lightning. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-09-04 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1486-1/813/573/CA/WhentheWarWasOver9780786725861.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=813573CA-1C0D-4A5E-8834-F4AE12D1765A&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1486-1/813/573/CA/WhentheWarWasOver9780786725861.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=813573CA-1C0D-4A5E-8834-F4AE12D1765A&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1486-1/813/573/CA/WhentheWarWasOver9780786725861.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=813573CA-1C0D-4A5E-8834-F4AE12D1765A&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)