Facing the Khmer Rouge: A Cambodian Journey
As a child growing up in Cambodia, Ronnie Yimsut played among the ruins of the Angkor Wat temples, surrounded by a close-knit community. As the Khmer Rouge gained power and began its genocidal reign of terror, his life became a nightmare. Teenaged Ronnie was left orphaned, literally buried under the bodies of his family and friends. In this stunning memoir, Yimsut describes how, in the wake of death and destruction, he decides to live. Escaping the turmoil of Cambodia, he makes a perilous journey through the jungle into Thailand, only to be sent to a notorious Thai prison. Fortunately, he is able to reach a refugee camp and ultimately migrat…
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Weitere Autoren: Chandler, David P. (Solist) / Savin, David (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-0-8135-5151-7
- EAN: 9780813551517
- Produktnummer: 11453530
- Verlag: Rutgers Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 270 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.9 cm 535 g
- Auflage: None
- Gewicht: 535
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 - 22 J.
Über den Autor
RANACHITH (RONNIE) YIMSUT is an author and activist and has been the subject of independent documentary films and reports by CBS News, NBC News, and PBS, among others. His many written works include Journey to Freedom and In the Shadow of Angkor. A senior landscape architect for the USDA Forest Service, he is also involved in national and international NGOs. DAVID CHANDLER, Ph.D., author of the book's foreword, is a professor emeritus of history at Monash University in Australia. DANIEL SAVIN, M.D., author of the book's afterword, is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado Schoold of Medicine.
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