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 . 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; s 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 Price: $ Elizabeth Becker uses these women’s work and lives to illuminate the Vietnam War from the American buildup, through the Tet Offensive, the expansion into Cambodia, the American defeat and its aftermath. Arriving herself in the last years of the war, Elizabeth writes as an historian and a witness to what these women accomplished.
She is the author of two previous books, When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution, the definitive book on the event that has been in print for thirty-five years and Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism, an exposé of the travel industry. Elizabeth Becker lives in Washington D.C. She is the author of When the War was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution, the classic history that has been in print for 35 years; and Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism, an expose of the travel industry that was an Amazon book of the year. Additional Books by Elizabeth Becker. OVERBOOKED. By Elizabeth Becker - When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution, Revised Edition: 1st (first) Edition [Elizabeth Becker] on www.doorway.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. By Elizabeth Becker - When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution, Revised Edition: 1st (first) Edition.
Elizabeth Becker uses these women’s work and lives to illuminate the Vietnam War from the American buildup, through the Tet Offensive, the expansion into Cambodia, the American defeat and its aftermath. Arriving herself in the last years of the war, Elizabeth writes as an historian and a witness to what these women accomplished. Elizabeth Becker's When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution is a heart-rending history of modern Cambodia--a state whose people have, in the last 30 years, endured war, political upheaval, international betrayal, and genocide. Beginning with the Khmer Rouge overthrow of the U.S.-backed Lon Nol regime in , Becker examines the historical patterns of violence and authority within Cambodian culture that made the Khmer Rouge's slaughter of close to 2 million people possible. She is the author of “WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution,” which was honored by the Robert F. Kennedy book awards.
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