The U.S. population was becoming increasingly disaffected by the rising casualty rate of their own forces, and the growing "credibility gap" between what they were being told by their government and what the media was reporting from South Vietnam.
"In late 1970s Cambodia, he and his army of Communist rebels led a violent, brutal campaign of reformation that ended in the shocking genocide of more than one-quarter of the country's population. From the horror of 'the killing fields' to his astonishing re-appearance following the rumor of his death, this is the gripping, gruesome story of Pol Pot.".
Raami is seven years old when the Khmer Rouge regime takes power in Cambodia and over the next four years she fights for survival amid the systematic violence and atrocities that surround her.
Sang Ly struggles to survive by picking through garbage in Cambodia's largest municipal dump, but under threat of eviction by an embittered old drunk who is charged with collecting rents from the poor of Stung Meanchey, Sang Ly embarks on a desperate journey to save her ailing son from a life of ignorance and poverty.
Contains eyewitness accounts of life in Cambodia during Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime, written by survivors who were children at the time, and telling of the years between 1975 and 1979 when families were torn apart, forced from their homes, and subjected to brainwashing and execution.
"In this folktale from Cambodia, Princess Dara must prove that her father's wicked ministers have set up her husband for a crime he is innocent of"--Provided by publisher.
Among the ruins of Angkor Wat, Tiger, Gibbon, Water Buffalo, and Gecko accept Elephant's challenge to race to a certain temple to settle their argument over who would have made the greatest king, and at the end Elephant explains how the competition showed each one's strengths and weaknesses. Includes search-and-find illustrations and a brief history of the "City of Temples.".
An introduction to Cambodia, featuring photographs and information about the history, government, people, culture, holidays, and other aspects of the country, and including profiles of key figures, a recipe, and a craft.
