| Lonely Planet Cambodia by Nick RayPaperback - 4th edition
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 Review:Nick Ray's Cambodia is a practical,
invaluable guide for commercial or recreational travelers wanting to explore
the sights and wonders of this exotic land. From the majesty of Angkor, to
Phnom Penh nightlife, to the wild and remote Cambodian countryside, this
reliable, detailed, and authoritative travel guide offers 30 "user
friendly" maps; up-to-date health and security information; vital
transport details (including river trips and overland travel); special features
on the temples of Angkor; a useful chapter on the Khmer language; and much,
much more. If you are planning a trip to Cambodia, begin with a thorough
reading of Nick Ray's Cambodia!
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| Cambodia : Report from a Stricken Land by Henry Kamm Paperback -
288 pages (October 1999) Arcade Pub
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 Review: A prizewinning correspondent who has
spent many years in Southeast Asia, Kamm brings to life a country most
Americans think of only in relation to the Vietnam War, when reports of U.S.
aerial bombings along Cambodia's borders brought the country into the
foreground of U.S. foreign policy. Kamm traces Cambodia's fortunes from the
period when U.S. soldiers were pulled out of Vietnam, one war ending as another
was just beginning with Pol Pot's reign of terror. The text capably reprises
the activities of the Khmer Rouge, the elite and merciless Communist troops who
took over and destroyed what limited structures remained in the nation. Kamm
effectively argues that this former French colony is currently in a downward
spiral, with little hope of recovery without the emergence of an indigenous
elite committed to addressing Cambodia's problems first. But that effort, he
believes, must be coupled with Western support centered on humanitarian
concerns. A valuable overview for most history collections. Vernon Ford
Copyright© 1998, American Library Association. All rights reserved --This
text refers to the hardcover edition of this title
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| Beyond the Killing Fields : Voices of Nine Cambodian Survivors in
America by Usha Welaratna, James M. Freeman Paperback - 285 pages (November
1994) Stanford Univ Pr;
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 Synopsis Nine Cambodian refugees now living
in America discuss their lives before the Khmer Rouge, the horror of the
"killing fields" genocide of the Khmer Rouge, and their hazardous
journeys to the United States. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of
this title
Review; In 1975, after five years of devastation and upheaval caused by
civil war, the Cambodian people welcomed the victorious communist Khmer Rouge
led by Pol Pot. Once in power, the new regime tightly closed Cambodia to the
outside world. Four years later, when the Vietnamese communists invaded
Cambodia and defeated the Khmer Rouge, the world learned that during their
control the Khmer Rouge had turned the country into "killing fields,"
in one of the most horrifying instances of genocide in history. Of an estimated
population of 7 million people, about 1.5 million had been killed or had died
of starvation, torture, or sickness. After the Vietnamese takeover, thousands
of survivors of the Khmer Rouge, fearful of continuing war and a new communist
regime, fled their homeland. Approximately 150,000 of them settled in the
United States.
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| No More Fear: From Killing Fields To Harvest Fields by Physa
Chanmany, Catherine Lawton Paperback - 175 pages (July 24, 1999) Cladach
Publishing;
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 Book Description Danger, romance, adventure, exotic
places, miracles. A thrilling Christian biography of a Cambodian man whose
idyllic childhood in a Cambodian jungle village was shattered by the Khmer
Rouge takeover in 1975. Physa survived the killing fields, was forced to serve
as a communist soldier, escaped over landmine-infested borders, experienced
young love in a refugee camp, took the identity of a dead man, faced the
bewilderments of American culture, and came to life-transforming faith in Jesus
Christ, who revealed his love to Physa in miracle after miracle.
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| Killing Fields, Living Fields Rev Don Cormack,
Philip Yancey Paperback - 384 pages (18 April, 1997) Monarch Publications;
ISBN: 1854243721 Available from
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 Synopsis This is an account of the short
history of the Cambodian Church, since its difficult beginnings among the
simple rice-farmers of North-West Cambodia in the mid-1920s. Review:
Excellent book; best I've read in ages You know from the first pages that the
author (Don Cormack) is writing from the heart. He has an intimate knowledge of
the people and the flavour of the times. He was there. This was also
'Christian Book of the Year 1998', so someone else must think it's good
too!
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