When The War Was Over

Cambodia And The Khmer Rouge Revolution, Revised Edition

By: Elizabeth Becker

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Paperback | 10 November 1998 | Edition Number 1

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Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker started covering Cambodia in 1973 for The Washington Post, when the country was perceived as little more than a footnote to the Vietnam War. Then, with the rise of the Khmer Rouge in 1975 came the closing of the border and a systematic reorganization of Cambodian society. Everyone was sent from the towns and cities to the countryside, where they were forced to labor endlessly in the fields. The intelligentsia were brutally exterminated, and torture, terror, and death became routine. Ultimately, almost two million peoplenearly a quarter of the populationwere killed in what was one of this centurys worst crimes against humanity. When the War Was Over is Elizabeth Beckers masterful account of the Cambodian nightmare. Encompassing the era of French colonialism and the revival of Cambodian nationalism; 1950s Paris, where Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot received his political education; the killing fields of Cambodia; government chambers in Washington, Paris, Moscow, Beijing, Hanoi, and Phnom Penh; and the death of Pol Pot in 1998; this is a book of epic vision and staggering power. Merging original historical research with the many voices of those who lived through the times and exclusive interviews with every Cambodian leader of the past quarter century, When the War Was Over illuminates the darkness of Cambodia with the intensity of a bolt of lightning.

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Preface
Distant Followers	p. 1
The Birth of Modern Cambodia	p. 26
The Path of Betrayal	p. 66
The White Crocodile	p. 114
The Ultimate Revolution	p. 161
Cambodia's Reign of Terror	p. 205
"Most Respected and Beloved Party"	p. 261
The Tiger and the Crocodile	p. 290
Habits of War	p. 327
The Silence Ends	p. 364
Return to Phnom Penh	p. 399
The War for Cambodia	p. 432
The Prodigal Peace	p. 437
Epilogue	p. 508
Notes	p. 521
Special Note on Tuol Sleng Sources	p. 539
Select Bibliography	p. 545
A Brief Chronology	p. 555
Index	p. 567
Acknowledgements	p. 605
About the Author	p. 607
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