When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution

by Elizabeth Becker

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Chronicles the turbulent history of Cambodia from the era of French colonialism in the first half of the twentieth century to the death of Pol Pot in 1998.

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Elizabeth Becker is an award-winning author and former correspondent for the New York Times who reported from Europe, Asia, and South America. As the Senior Foreign Editor at National Public Radio, she oversaw the network's foreign bureaus and reporters. She has won awards from the Robert Kennedy Book Awards, Overseas Press Club, and show more DuPorit-Columbia. She began her career as a war correspondent for the Washington Post. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband. show less

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When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution
Alternate titles
When the War Was over: The Voices of Cambodia's Revolution and Its People
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Cambodja
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Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
DDC/MDS
959.604History & geographyHistory of AsiaSoutheast Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, VietnamCambodia1949-
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DS554.8 .B43History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaAsiaHistory of AsiaSoutheast AsiaFrench IndochinaCambodia
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