Hun Sen S Cambodia

Author : Sebastian Strangio
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300210149

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Hun Sen's Cambodia by Sebastian Strangio Pdf

To many in the West, the name Cambodia still conjures up indelible images of destruction and death, the legacy of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime and the terror it inflicted in its attempt to create a communist utopia in the 1970s. Sebastian Strangio, a journalist based in the capital city of Phnom Penh, now offers an eye-opening appraisal of modern-day Cambodia in the years following its emergence from bitter conflict and bloody upheaval. In the early 1990s, Cambodia became the focus of the UN’s first great post–Cold War nation-building project, with billions in international aid rolling in to support the fledgling democracy. But since the UN-supervised elections in 1993, the nation has slipped steadily backward into neo-authoritarian rule under Prime Minister Hun Sen. Behind a mirage of democracy, ordinary people have few rights and corruption infuses virtually every facet of everyday life. In this lively and compelling study, the first of its kind, Strangio explores the present state of Cambodian society under Hun Sen’s leadership, painting a vivid portrait of a nation struggling to reconcile the promise of peace and democracy with a violent and tumultuous past.

Author : Sebastian Strangio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Cambodia
ISBN : 0300211732

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Cambodia by Sebastian Strangio Pdf

To many in the West, the word 'Cambodia' still conjures up indelible images of destruction and death: the legacy of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime and the terror it inflicted in its attempt to create a communist Utopia in the mid-1970s. In this highly acclaimed account, Sebastian Strangio offers an updated appraisal of modern-day Cambodia since its emergence from an era of upheaval and bitter conflict. This is a vivid portrait of a nation struggling to reconcile the promises of peace and democracy with a dark and tumultuous past. Book jacket.

Author : Harish C. Mehta,Julie B. Mehta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015043060808

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Hun Sen by Harish C. Mehta,Julie B. Mehta Pdf

This is the first biography of a leader whose private life has until now been a closely guarded secret. But it is much more than an account of the life of Hun Sen -- it tells through his eyes the story of the emergence through slaughter of an innocent people. Essential reading for all those who are intrigued and bewildered by the complex recent history of Cambodia, and by the rapid rise of its new leader from obscurity to strongman status.

Author : Harish C. Mehta,Julie B. Mehta
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789814484602

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Strongman: The Extraordinary Life of Hun Sen by Harish C. Mehta,Julie B. Mehta Pdf

Strongman: The Extraordinary Life of Hun Sen is the biography of the Cambodian leader whose private life has been a closely guarded secret. Fully updated and revised from the authors' first edition (Hun Sen: Strongman of Cambodia, published 1999), this volume is based on recently declassified archival documents and hours of new interviews with Hun Sen, his wife Bun Rany, son Hun Manet, other family members and associates. The book chronicles the life of Hun Sen from obscurity as a pagoda boy to strongman status. It reveals the life of Hun Sen and Bun Rany under the Khmer Rouge regime, their tr.

Author : Joel Brinkley
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,9 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 : Astrid Noren-Nilsson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501725944

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Cambodia's Second Kingdom by Astrid Noren-Nilsson Pdf

Cambodia's Second Kingdom is an exploration of the role of nationalist imaginings, discourses, and narratives in Cambodia since the 1993 reintroduction of a multiparty democratic system. Competing nationalistic imaginings are shown to be a more prominent part of party political contestation in the Kingdom of Cambodia than typically believed. For political parties, nationalistic imaginings became the basis for strategies to attract popular support, electoral victories, and moral legitimacy. Astrid Norén-Nilsson uses uncommon sources, such as interviews with key contemporary political actors, to analyze Cambodia’s postconflict reconstruction politics. This book exposes how nationalist imaginings, typically understood to be associated with political opposition, have been central to the reworking of political identities and legitimacy bids across the political spectrum. Norén-Nilsson examines the entanglement of notions of democracy and national identity and traces out a tension between domestic elite imaginings and the liberal democratic framework in which they operate

Author : Joel Brinkley
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459624931

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Cambodia's Curse by Joel Brinkley Pdf

A generation after Pol Pot's regime killed one quarter of the nation's population, Cambodia shows every outward sign of having overcome its devastating history - the streets of Phnom Penh are paved; skyscrapers dot the skyline. But behind this fa ade lies a country still haunted by its years of terror. In 2008 and 2009, Joel Brinkley - who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the fall of the Khmer Rouge - returned to Cambodia. He discovered a population in the grip of a venal government. He learned that between one third and one half of Cambodians who lived through the Khmer Rouge era suffer from post - traumatic stress disorder, and that 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 behaviour. This is a devastating and important look at Cambodia today.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:2021311266

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Hun Sen by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sebastian Strangio
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300234039

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In the Dragon's Shadow by Sebastian Strangio Pdf

A timely look at the impact of China's booming emergence on the countries of Southeast Asia Today, Southeast Asia stands uniquely exposed to the waxing power of the new China. Three of its nations border China and five are directly impacted by its claims over the South China Sea. All dwell in the lengthening shadow of its influence: economic, political, military, and cultural. As China seeks to restore its former status as Asia's preeminent power, the countries of Southeast Asia face an increasingly stark choice: flourish within Beijing's orbit or languish outside of it. Meanwhile, as rival powers including the United States take concerted action to curb Chinese ambitions, the region has emerged as an arena of heated strategic competition. Drawing on more than a decade of on-the-ground experience, Sebastian Strangio explores the impacts of China's rise on Southeast Asia, the varied ways in which the countries of the region are responding, and what it might mean for the future balance of power in the Indo-Pacific.

Author : Gordon Conochie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1038759218

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A Tiger Rules the Mountain by Gordon Conochie Pdf

Cambodia's Hun Sen is the world's longest-serving prime minister, in power since 1985. In 2013, Sen's rule came under threat when the exiled opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, unexpectedly returned just before a national election. One hundred thousand supporters hailed him at the airport as protests swept the country. On election day, millions voted for change. This narrative non-fiction account tells the dramatic story of that election and the subsequent multi-year wrestle for power, right through to the dramatic events of the present day. This is Cambodia through the lens of the human stories. Gordon Conochie lived and worked in the country and interviewed many involved in the events, including government officials, journalists, young human-rights activists and opposition politicians. The story he finds is both complex and riveting: Cambodia's history is riven with trauma yet there is a powerful and swelling appetite for change. Looking ahead to Cambodia's future and the role of democracy in South-East Asia, Conochie examines whether we will continue to see a backslide in liberal democracy or if the region could gradually be on the path to a more liberal future. 'An intriguing kaleidoscope of Cambodian voices, giving enriching insights into why the country is still so far from becoming the true democracy its people need and deserve.' - Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC KC, former Australian foreign minister 'Gordon Conochie has written an incisive personal account of the past decade of Cambodian politics, detailing Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruthless consolidation of power and the closing-over of the country's few remaining glades of freedom. Rich with the voices of ordinary people and keenly attuned to the country's cultural and social dynamics, A Tiger Rules the Mountain is vital reading for anyone wanting to understand where Cambodia has come from, and where it might be going.' - Sebastian Strangio, journalist and author of Cambodia: From Pol Pot to Hun Sen and Beyond 'A must-read, at times gripping and remarkable ringside view of the last decade of Cambodia's fight for the survival of democracy under a Leviathan Prime Minister who no longer brooks dissent.' - Professor Sophal Ear, PhD 'A gritty, from-the-ground-up view of recent Cambodian politics, which privileges the voices of ordinary Cambodians. Meticulously researched and spun into a gripping story by Conochie, this is a vital piece of narrative non-fiction and social history.' - Dr Tom Doig, University of Queensland

Author : Henry Kamm
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Cambodia
ISBN : 1559704330

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Cambodia by Henry Kamm Pdf

Based on his observations over three decades, Henry Kamm, Pulitzer Prize-winning NEW YORK TIMES Southeast Asia correspondent, unravels the complexities of Cambodia. Kamm's invaluable document--a factual and personal account of its troubled history-- gives the Western reader the first clear understanding of this magic land's past and present.

Author : Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415506151

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Cambodia and the Politics of Aesthetics by Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim Pdf

Illuminating developments in contemporary Cambodia with political and aesthetic theory, this book analyses the country’s violent transition from socialism to capitalism through an innovative method that combines the aesthetic approach and critical theory. To understand the particularities of the country’s transition and Cambodia’s unfolding encounter with neoliberal capitalism, the book pursues the circuits of desire connecting the constellation of objects and relations, which is identified as Cambodia. Chapters focus on the pre-colonial empire of Angkor, the invasions of Siam and Vietnam in the nineteenth century, the devastation of the Khmer Rouge genocide and the subsequent Vietnamese occupation, and the present rapacity of Hun Sen’s neoliberal government. A creative combination of auto-ethnography, critical theory, and area studies and the analysis of a historical moment, the book is of interest to academics working on comparative politics, Asian studies, holocaust studies, critical theory, and in the politics of aesthetics.

Author : Sophal Ear
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 53,6 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 : Elizabeth Becker
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786725861

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When The War Was Over by Elizabeth Becker Pdf

Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker started covering Cambodia in 1973 for The Washington Post, 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.When the War Was Over 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, When the War Was Over illuminates the darkness of Cambodia with the intensity of a bolt of lightning.

Author : Will Brehm
Publisher : Politics of Education in Asia
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09
Category : Cambodia
ISBN : 0367712040

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Cambodia for Sale by Will Brehm Pdf

Cambodia for Sale details a post-conflict society that socializes children into a world of private rather than public goods. Through an ethnography of one village, Cambodia for Sale argues that efforts to rebuild Cambodia after decades of conflict have resulted in various forms of everyday privatization.