Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Sideshow Sideshow William Shawcross An investigative account of the secret war in Cambodia during the Vietnam War, and of the use of power by Nixon and Kissinger in Indo-Chinese foreign policy. OL11334946W
Phnom Penh Phnom Penh Milton E. Osborne Long neglected by Western travellers, Phnom Penh became Cambodias permanent capital in 1866. It has been home to Iberian missionaries and French colonialists, with a stunning mix of traditional palac… OL1737704W
Exiled Exiled Katya Cengel "The story of four families confronting deportation forty years after the beginning of large-scale resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees in America"-- OL19763979W
Distant war Distant war Mark Phillip Yablonka Is a compilation of eighteen years of the author's reportage on American involvement in Indochina, telling of those who were there and what they suffered, how most survived and how they overcame adve… OL23305842W
The Armies of Angkor The Armies of Angkor Michel Jacq-Hergoualc'h "The Khmers, as well as visionary architects and builders, were by far the most formidable fighting force of South-East Asia, and much of their fabled wealth was generated directly from the spoils of… OL3786224W
The death and life of Dith Pran The death and life of Dith Pran Sydney H. Schanberg The article that lead to the making of the academy award winning film "The Killing Fields". The story outlines the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and Dith Prans tale of survival. OL5477096W
First They Killed My Father First They Killed My Father Loung Ung From a childhood survivor of the Camdodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her famil… OL5732697W