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The "definitive" (Los Angeles Times), award-winning history of Cambodia and Pol Pot's rise to power, tracing the country's modern origins to the human rights abuses that reshaped it forever

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.

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  • Title When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution, Revised Edition
  • Author Elizabeth Becker
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised edition
  • Pages 632
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher PublicAffairs
  • Publication date 1998-11-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9781891620003 / 1891620002
  • Weight 1.73 lbs (0.78 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.49 x 5.49 x 1.65 in (21.56 x 13.94 x 4.19 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98037790
  • Dewey Decimal Code 959.604

About the author

Elizabeth Becker is an award-winning journalist and author who began her career as a war correspondent for the Washington Post in Cambodia. The French movie Meeting with Pol Pot is based on her life. She is the author of four books, including You Don't Belong Here and Overbooked. She lives in Washington, D.C.

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