1975-

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Pol Pot

1990
A biography of the prime minister of Cambodia.

A million shades of gray

2010
In 1975 after American troops pull out of Vietnam, a 13-year-old boy and his elephant escape into the jungle when the Viet Cong attack his village.

From Beirut to Jerusalem

1990
Examines Israeli-Palestinian relations, the PLO, Israeli politics, Lebanese factions, news reporting from the Middle East, and other issues of the Middle East.

The Pol Pot regime

race, power, and genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79
2002
Presents a comprehensive examination of the rise and fall of the Khmer Rouge revolution of the late 1970s, the brutal leadership of Pol Pot and his racist and totalitarian policies, and the struggle of the United Nations to bring order to this devastated country.

Tracks of the bear

Soviet imprints in the seventies
1982

Angola and Mozambique

post-colonial wars in southern Africa
1997
Provides an overview of the post-colonial wars in the southern African countries of Angola and Mozambique, discussing the history of the conflicts, the issues, tactics, and negotiations involved, and the participants on both sides of the crises, and including an update on conditions as they stand in the late 1990s.

Taiwan

Lisa Lin's painting "Making mooncakes"
1997
The young Taiwanese artist, Lisa Lin, describes her painting of her family making mooncakes for the Mid-autumn Festival.

Where the domino fell

America and Vietnam, 1945 to 1990
1991
Recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II to the present.

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