Before The Killing Fields

Author : Leslie Fielding
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857710789

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Before the Killing Fields by Leslie Fielding Pdf

This is a gripping portrait of a country poised between peace and war. In the mid-1960s, Cambodia's position within South East Asia was highly vulnerable. The Americans were embroiled in war in Vietnam, the Viet Cong were gaining clandestine control over Cambodian frontier areas, while the Cambodian government - under the leadership of a charming but difficult Head of State, Prince Norodom Sihanouk - wanted nothing more than to preserve their neutrality and keep out of the war. Highly distrustful of any perceived foreign interference, the Cambodians had even rioted and attacked the American and British Embassies in Phnom Penh and their debris was still strewn on the streets when Leslie Fielding arrived in the city. Yet against this grim and dramatic backdrop, the daily round of international foreign policy somehow had to continue and "Before the Killing Fields" offers a compelling and fascinating account of how this was achieved. As well as a political history this is also a portrait of an exotic but overlooked country at a critical stage in its development. Violence, intrigue and even the supernatural mingle with issues of day-to-day management and office morale. From diplomatic meetings conducted in opium dens and dancing lessons with beautiful princesses at the Royal Palace to candid portraits of the rest of the international community of Phnom Penh, "Before the Killing Fields" is an illuminating insight into a lost world.

Author : Haing Ngor
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781472103888

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Survival in the Killing Fields by Haing Ngor Pdf

Best known for his academy award-winning role as Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields", for Haing Ngor his greatest performance was not in Hollywood but in the rice paddies and labour camps of war-torn Cambodia. Here, in his memoir of life under the Khmer Rouge, is a searing account of a country's descent into hell. His was a world of war slaves and execution squads, of senseless brutality and mind-numbing torture; where families ceased to be and only a very special love could soar above the squalor, starvation and disease. An eyewitness account of the real killing fields by an extraordinary survivor, this book is a reminder of the horrors of war - and a testament to the enduring human spirit.

Author : Kim DePaul
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300078730

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Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields by Kim DePaul Pdf

Publisher Fact Sheet This extraordinary collection of eyewitness accounts by Cambodian survivors of Pol Pot's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s offers searing testimony to an era of brutality, brainwashing, betrayals, starvation, & gruesome executions.

Author : Sokphal Din
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9493056732

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The Killing Fields of Cambodia by Sokphal Din Pdf

'The Killing Fields of Cambodia' is a tale of survival through generosity, resourcefulness, and the strength of family. Harrowing, yet always hopeful, Sokphal's powerful story is an unforgettable account of a family shaken and shattered, yet miraculously sustained by courage and love in the face of unspeakable brutality.

Author : Sydney Hillel Schanberg
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597975056

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Beyond the Killing Fields by Sydney Hillel Schanberg Pdf

Warfare & defence.

Author : Gina Chon,Sambath Thet
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812201598

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Behind the Killing Fields by Gina Chon,Sambath Thet Pdf

In recent history, atrocities have often been committed in the name of lofty ideals. One of the most disturbing examples took place in Cambodia's Killing Fields, where tens of thousands of victims were executed and hastily disposed of by Khmer Rouge cadres. Nearly thirty years after these bloody purges, two journalists entered the jungles of Cambodia to uncover secrets still buried there. Based on more than 1,000 hours of interviews with the top surviving Khmer Rouge leader, Nuon Chea, Behind the Killing Fields follows the journey of a man who began as a dedicated freedom fighter and wound up accused of crimes against humanity. Known as Brother Number 2, Chea was Pol Pot's top lieutenant. He is now in prison, facing prosecution in a United Nations-Cambodian tribunal for his actions during the Khmer Rouge rule, when more than two million Cambodians died. The book traces how the seeds of the Killing Fields were sown and what led one man to believe that mass killing was necessary for the greater good. Coauthor Sambath Thet, a Khmer Rouge survivor, shares his personal perspectives on the murderous regime and how some victims have managed to rebuild their lives. The stories of Nuon Chea and Sambath Thet collide when the two meet. While Thet holds Chea responsible for the death of his parents and brother, he strives for understanding over revenge in order to reveal the forces that destroyed his homeland in the name of creating utopia. In this age of suicide bombers and terror alerts, the world is still at a loss to comprehend the violence of zealots. Behind the Killing Fields bravely confronts this challenge in an exclusive portrait of one man's political madness and another's personal wisdom.

Author : Dith Pran,Kim DePaul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300068395

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Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields by Dith Pran,Kim DePaul Pdf

More than two dozen accounts of the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror have been compiled by Dith Pran. The brutality is almost mesmerizing, demonstrating the universally horrid existence of those children's lives.

Author : Christopher Hudson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Cambodia
ISBN : UCSC:32106008640358

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The Killing Fields by Christopher Hudson Pdf

Author : Martha E. Kendall,Nawuth Keat
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781426306662

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Alive in the Killing Fields by Martha E. Kendall,Nawuth Keat Pdf

Alive in the Killing Fields is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy. In this captivating memoir, a young Nawuth defies the odds and survives the invasion of his homeland by the Khmer Rouge. Under the brutal reign of the dictator Pol Pot, he loses his parents, young sister, and other members of his family. After his hometown of Salatrave was overrun, Nawuth and his remaining relatives are eventually captured and enslaved by Khmer Rouge fighters. They endure physical abuse, hunger, and inhumane living conditions. But through it all, their sense of family holds them together, giving them the strength to persevere through a time when any assertion of identity is punishable by death. Nawuth’s story of survival and escape from the Killing Fields of Cambodia is also a message of hope; an inspiration to children whose worlds have been darkened by hardship and separation from loved ones. This story provides a timeless lesson in the value of human dignity and freedom for readers of all ages.

Author : Les Sillars
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781493405428

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Intended for Evil by Les Sillars Pdf

A True Story of Surviving Genocide and Forging a New Life When the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh in 1975, new Christian Radha Manickam and his family were among two million people driven out of the city. Over the next four years, 1.7 million people--including most of Radha's family--would perish due to starvation, disease, and horrifying violence. His new faith severely tested, Radha is forced by the communist regime to marry a woman he doesn't know. But through God's providence, he discovers that his new wife is also a Christian. Together they find the courage and hope to survive and eventually make a daring escape to the US, where they raise five children and begin a life-changing ministry to the Khmer people in exile in the US and back home in Cambodia. This moving true story of survival against all odds shows readers that out of war, fear, despair, and betrayal, God can bring hope, faith, courage, restoration--and even romance.

Author : Sydney H. Schanberg
Publisher : RosettaBooks
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780795334733

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The Death and Life of Dith Pran by Sydney H. Schanberg Pdf

The US journalist’s account of his colleague’s struggle to survive the Cambodian genocide—the basis for the Oscar–winning film The Killing Fields. On April 17, 1975, Khmer Rouge soldiers seized Phnom Penh—the capital of Cambodia—and began a brutal genocide that left millions dead. Dith Pran, a Cambodian working as an assistant to American reporter Sydney H. Schanberg, was a witness to these events. While his employer managed to escape across the border, Dith Pran fled into the Cambodian countryside—and into the heart of the massacre. The basis for the acclaimed movie The Killing Fields, this is the compelling account of the days before the fall of Phnom Penh. It’s the story of one man’s struggle for survival in a country that had become a death camp for millions of its citizens—and another man’s failed efforts to keep his friend and colleague safe. Written within a year of the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge, it is a work of both historical and literary significance. Sydney H. Schanberg contributed a moving new foreword to this first eBook edition.

Author : Kok-ung Seng
Publisher : Seng Kok Ung
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781450756174

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I Survived the Killing Fields by Kok-ung Seng Pdf

Author : Don Cormack
Publisher : Monarch Books
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0825460026

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Killing Fields, Living Fields by Don Cormack Pdf

The Cambodian Church was first planted among the rice farmers of North-West Cambodia in the mid-1920s. Growth was slow and painful. This work tells the story through the lives and testimonies of a handful of strategic Christians.

Author : Francois Bizot
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307428653

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The Gate by Francois Bizot Pdf

In 1971 a young French ethnologist named Francois Bizot was taken prisoner by forces of the Khmer Rouge who kept him chained in a jungle camp for months before releasing him. Four years later Bizot became the intermediary between the now victorious Khmer Rouge and the occupants of the besieged French embassy in Phnom Penh, eventually leading a desperate convoy of foreigners to safety across the Thai border. Out of those ordeals comes this transfixing book. At its center lies the relationship between Bizot and his principal captor, a man named Douch, who is today known as the most notorious of the Khmer Rouge’s torturers but who, for a while, was Bizot’s protector and friend. Written with the immediacy of a great novel, unsparing in its understanding of evil, The Gate manages to be at once wrenching and redemptive.

Author : Patricia McCormick
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062114426

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Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick Pdf

This National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labor camps of the Khmer Rouge. Based on the true story of Cambodian advocate Arn Chorn-Pond, and authentically told from his point of view as a young boy, this is an achingly raw and powerful historical novel about a child of war who becomes a man of peace. It includes an author's note and acknowledgments from Arn Chorn-Pond himself. When soldiers arrive in his hometown, Arn is just a normal little boy. But after the soldiers march the entire population into the countryside, his life is changed forever. Arn is separated from his family and assigned to a labor camp: working in the rice paddies under a blazing sun, he sees the other children dying before his eyes. One day, the soldiers ask if any of the kids can play an instrument. Arn's never played a note in his life, but he volunteers. This decision will save his life, but it will pull him into the very center of what we know today as the Killing Fields. And just as the country is about to be liberated, Arn is handed a gun and forced to become a soldier. Supports the Common Core State Standards.