Resources: Cambodia

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Books and Articles


BROTHER ENEMY: The War After the War
by Nayan Chanda
Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, 1986

A history of Indochina since the fall of Saigon.

CAMBODIA: YEAR ZERO
by Francois Ponchaud
Holt, Rinchart and Winston, 1977

FROM SIDESHOW TO GENOCIDE: Stories of the Cambodian Holocaust
by Andy Carvin
Website: www.edwebproject.org/sideshow/intro.html

INDOCHINA INTERCHANGE
25 W 45th Street, Suite 1201
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 212-764-3925
Fax: 212-764-3896
Email: usindo@igc.apc.org
Website: www.usirp.org

A quarterly publication of the US-Indochina Reconciliation and Development Project

PHNOM PENH POST
PO Box 12-1074
Soi Suan Plu Post Office
10121 Bangkok THAILAND
Website: www.phnompenhpost.com

English language independent newspaper published twice monthly.

THE QUALITY OF MERCY: Cambodia, Holocaust and Modern Conscience
by William Shawcross
Fontana/Collins 1985

SIDESHOW: Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of Cambodia
by William Shawcross
Pocket Books, 1979

THE STONES CRY OUT: A Cambodian Childhood
by Molyda Szymusiak
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986

Films and Videos


CAMBODIA: THE BETRAYAL
By John Pilger and David Monroe, 1991, 52 minutes
Available on Johnpilger.com

Pilger and Monroe expose the hypocrisy of western nations twisting Cambodia's arm in the 1980's to accept the Khmer Rouge in the U.N. peace plan.

CAMBODIA : RETURN TO YEAR ZERO
By John Pilger and David Monroe, 1993, 60 minutes
Available on Johnpilger.com

Pilger and Monroe return to Cambodia before the 1993 U.N. elections. Important section on the devastation that land mines have caused Cambodia's civilian population.

CAMBODIA: YEAR ONE
by John Pilger, 1980, 60 minutes
Available on Johnpilger.com

Documents U.S. manipulation of the Cambodia aid program and the beginning of U.S. covert operations on the Thai border to rebuild the Khmer Rouge army.

THE KILLING FIELDS
Available at your local video store.

SAMSARA
Produced and Directed by Ellen Bruno
Transit Media
P.O. Box 1084
190 Route 17M
Harriman, NY 10926
Tel: 800-343-5540
Fax: 845-774-2945
Website: www.brunofilms.com

SAMSARA documents the lives of the Cambodian people long troubled by war, and brings a humanistic perspective to a country in deep political turmoil. The film focuses on the Cambodians' struggle to reconstruct their shattered society in a climate of war and with limited resources.

Ancient prophecy, Buddhist teachings, folklore and dreams provide a context for understanding the Cambodians' world view and the philosophies which guide their lives.