Cambodia Captured

Author : Jim Mizerski
Publisher : Jasmine Image Machine
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Cambodia
ISBN : 9789924905004

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Cambodia Captured by Jim Mizerski Pdf

This book accurately chronicles the creation of the French Protectorate of Cambodia through the accounts of the people who actually participated in its inception and in the context of the political intrigues of that time and place involving Cambodia, Siam, France and Great Britain. In the same decade of the 1860's two other related treaties complicated and then resolved the protectorate treaty. Drawing on the same historical context this new book commemorates the 150th anniversary in 2016 of the beginning of photography in Cambodia, presenting over 145 rare engravings, maps, and the remarkable first photographs captured at Angkor and Phnom Penh by John Thomson and Emile Gsell, decades before photographic film was even invented. On February 26, 1866 John Thomson arrived at Angkor Wat to capture the first photographs there. Four months later Emile Gsell's historic photographs at Angkor also marked the beginning of the French expedition, led by Commander Doudart de Lagrée, to explore the then uncharted Mekong River from Cambodia to the north of China, one of the great and most courageous expeditions of exploration in recent centuries. In the end, France captured Cambodia, Siam captured Angkor, King Norodom captured the crown and the throne of Cambodia and for at least a short time the independence of the kingdom, John Thomson and Emile Gsell captured the first photographs at Angkor, and Ernest Doudart de Lagrée was captured by duty, adventure and the affection of a little Cambodian boy named Chhun.

Author : Richard H. Solomon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Cambodia
ISBN : MINN:319510029727195

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Cambodia and Vietnam by Richard H. Solomon Pdf

Author : Tom Vater
Publisher : Next Chapter
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:6610000348466

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The Cambodian Book Of The Dead by Tom Vater Pdf

Cambodia, 2001 - a country re-emerging from a half-century of war, genocide, famine and cultural collapse. German Detective Maier travels to Phnom Penh, the Asian kingdom's ramshackle capital, to find the heir to a Hamburg coffee empire. As soon as the private eye and former war reporter arrives in Cambodia, his search for the young coffee magnate leads into the darkest corners of the country's history. A beautiful, scarred woman with a mythical and frightening past, a Khmer Rouge general, an expat gangster, an old flame, a man-eating shark and a gang of teenage girl assassins lead the detective back in time, through the communist revolution and to the White Spider: a Nazi war criminal who hides amongst the detritus of another nation's collapse and reigns over an ancient Khmer temple deep in the jungles of Cambodia. Captured and imprisoned, Maier is forced into the worst job of his life. He is to write the biography of the White Spider - a tale of mass murder that reaches from the Cambodian Killing Fields back to Europe's concentration camps - or die. This book contains graphic sex and violence, and is not suitable for readers under the age of 18.

Author : Brig. Gen. Tran Dinh Tho
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786254573

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Cambodian Incursion by Brig. Gen. Tran Dinh Tho Pdf

Includes over 50 maps and illustrations This monograph forms part of the Indochina Monograph series written by senior military personnel from the former Army of the Republic of Vietnam who served against the northern communist invasion. “For several years Cambodia, under the leadership of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, had condoned the use of part of its territory by the Vietnamese Communists for infiltration routes and logistic bases. These bases supported enemy activities in South Vietnam’s Military Regions 3 and 4 and a significant part of Military Region 2 but were protected because of Cambodia’s declared neutrality. However, the change in government on 18 March 1970 provided South Vietnam and the United States the opportunity to neutralize and disrupt much of the enemy logistic system across the border. Sanctioned by the new Cambodian government and approved by the Presidents of the Republic of Vietnam and the United States, South Vietnamese and U.S. forces launched combined operations into Cambodia’s border area from 30 April to 30 June 1970. As the Assistant Chief of Staff J3 of the Joint General Staff, RVNAF, I participated in the combined planning for these historic operations with military representatives from Cambodia and the United States and then monitored the operations constantly for the Chairman JGS. In conducting my analysis I have relied on my personal involvement and observations as J3 and interviews with former members of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces.” -Author’s Introduction.

Author : Julie Lee with Keith Vickers
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781491704509

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A Voice from the White Horse by Julie Lee with Keith Vickers Pdf

Born into a wealthy military family, author Julie Lee enjoyed a privileged childhood in stark contrast to the abject poverty that most Cambodians experienced. In April 1975, however, it all changed when communist Khmer Rouge forces headed by the ruthless Pol Pot capture the capital city of Phnom Penh. After her mother and father are sent to separate labor camps and Pol Pot unleashes a genocide upon the Cambodian people, Julie is forced to flee with her Grandparents, but between them and the safety of Thailand are hundreds of miles of dangerous jungle and the guns of the Khmer Rouge. As they flee, Julie and her Grandparents are captured and thrown with other refugees into a labor camp where, at the age of six she witnesses man's inhumanity to his fellow man. With her co-author Keith Vickers, Julie relates the true story of her survival which she attributes to countless miracles and the guidance of an angelic White Horse.

Author : Derrick Fludd
Publisher : Global Image Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Siem Reap Cambodia by Derrick Fludd Pdf

A look at Ankor park area in Siem Reap Cambodia, one of the most amazing sights I have ever seen truly a spectacle. This volume includes views of Ankor Wat, Ankor Thom, Bakong Ancient City, Banteay Kdei, Baphuon Temple, Elephant Terrace, Leppers Terrace, Lolei, Phimeanakas Temple,Preah Khan, Prea Ko and more…

Author : Justin Corfield
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313357237

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The History of Cambodia by Justin Corfield Pdf

This book includes a narrative history that provides a chronological examination of the political, cultural, philosophical, social, and religious continuities in Cambodia's long rich history. It overviews the history of Cambodia, from the fall of Angkor and the French Protectorate period (1432-1863) to the present. More than half of the book is dedicated to the period from 1970 through the present, with chapters on the Khmer Republic, Democratic Kampuchea, the second civil war, the road to democracy, and Cambodia under Hun Sen. An introductory chapter overviews the country's geography, political institutions, economy, and culture. The book includes black & white historical and contemporary photographs, a chronology, and profiles of key figures.

Author : Joel Brinkley
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610390019

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Cambodia's Curse by Joel Brinkley Pdf

A generation after the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia shows every sign of having overcome its history--the streets of Phnom Penh are paved; skyscrapers dot the skyline. But under this façade lies a country still haunted by its years of terror. Joel Brinkley won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting in Cambodia on the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime that killed one quarter of the nation's population during its years in power. In 1992, the world came together to help pull the small nation out of the mire. Cambodia became a United Nations protectorate--the first and only time the UN tried something so ambitious. What did the new, democratically-elected government do with this unprecedented gift? In 2008 and 2009, Brinkley returned to Cambodia to find out. He discovered a population in the grip of a venal government. He learned that one-third to one-half of Cambodians who lived through the Khmer Rouge era have P.T.S.D.--and its afflictions are being passed 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.

Author : Sophal Ear
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231161121

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Aid Dependence in Cambodia by Sophal Ear Pdf

"Dr. Ear argues that the international community has chosen to prioritize political stability above all other governance dimensions, and in so doing has traded a modicum of democracy for an ounce of security. Focusing on post-1993 Cambodia, Ear explores the unintended consequences in post-conflict environments of foreign aid. He chooses Cambodia both for personal reasons--which infuses an academic analysis with a compelling sense of urgency--and because it is one of the most aid-drenched countries in modern history. He tries to explain the relationship between Cambodia's aid dependence and its appallingly poor governance. He concludes that despite decades of aid, technical cooperation, four national elections, no open warfare, and some progress in some parts of the economy, Cambodia is one broken government away from disaster."--Publisher's description.

Author : Nicholas Coffill
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781462922987

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Photography in Cambodia by Nicholas Coffill Pdf

A stunning visual journey through Cambodian culture, history, art, struggle, and modernization. Cambodia has two parallel histories. One is the constant stream of adventurers and diplomats, kings and rebels, archaeologists and artists drawn to the magnificent ruins at Angkor. Another is the formation of a nation through the Cambodian people's fierce struggles with colonialism, war, revolution, famine, and finally, the long road to recovery. This book captures these parallel stories through the eyes of talented photographers who were present to record such events. The images, which include many rare and never-before-published photos, are drawn from archives, national collections, libraries, and private collections. This treasure trove of nearly 500 photographs showcases the work of over 100 photographers--including pioneering female photographers, Cambodian and international photographers, and some who died soon after the rise of the Khmer Rouge. Within these pages, readers will find a fresh perspective on Cambodia. From the early days of French colonialism through the struggle for independence, and emergence into an uneasy peace in the 21st century.

Author : Sydney Hillel Schanberg
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597975056

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Beyond the Killing Fields by Sydney Hillel Schanberg Pdf

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Author : Uwe Tietze,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251057567

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Credit and Microfinance Needs in Inland Capture Fisheries Development and Conservation in Asia by Uwe Tietze,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

This publication provides orientation, basic considerations and general principles for those institutions and organizations that provide credit and microfinance services to the fisheries sector, particularly the small-scale fisheries sector, and for those who want to include inland fishers and inland capture fisheries as part of their client base and lending operations. The document has three parts. Part 1 contains guidelines for meeting the credit and microfinance needs in inland capture fisheries development and conservation in Asia. Part 2 contains reports of the proceedings and recommendations of two regional workshops held in 2004 and 2006, from which the guidelines evolved. Part 3 of the document consists of case studies and success stories on: the rehabilitation of inland fisheries and on the access to and utilization of credit and microfinance services with reference to the rehabilitation and development of inland fisheries at Lake Taihu and Lake Luoma in China; management challenges in riverine fisheries along River Ganga and prospects of inland fisheries development in West Bengal and Assam in India; livelihoods at Lake Inlay in Southern Shan State in Myanmar; fishery policy reform and aquaculture development in Cambodia; and community-based rehabilitation and management of fishery resources at river Kinabatangan in Sabah, Malaysia.

Author : Kurt Volkert,T. Jeff Williams
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780595166060

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A Cambodian Odyssey by Kurt Volkert,T. Jeff Williams Pdf

This is a question that still bluntly assaults every reporter and cameraman covering war anywhere in the world. When to stop? Where to stop? Ever to stop? We lived with that challenge all during the war, yet so many of us felt invulnerable—was it innocence, arrogance, the intoxication of war? We were objective reporters, weren’t we, not combat soldiers. We gave ourselves exemptions from death. We armored ourselves with naiveté. In all, this book is a tribute to all slain journalists who brought the war to your living room; some caught in a firefight, some shot out of the sky, some who vanished, some executed. Yet even while the shooting was going on, there was a war about the war, about whether the United States had misread history and the dying and killing was all a waste. Those post-mortems would come later, too late to end the killing.

Author : Kim DePaul
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,7 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 : Willard J. Webb
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X005092193

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History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by Willard J. Webb Pdf