When the War Was Over - Becker, Elizabeth
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After the Khmer Rouge embarked on a revolution in 1975 that brought unprecedented terror and destruction to Cambodia, Elizabeth Becker, who covered the country for The Washington Post, was one of two American journalists allowed to return. When her visit ended with the murder of a fellow Western observer, Becker resolved to tell what happened after the revolution. In this powerful and authoritative account -- often told in the words of those who miraculously escaped -- Becker captures the essence of a nightmare: a capital city emptied, with everyone sent to the fields; the intelligentsia of…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
After the Khmer Rouge embarked on a revolution in 1975 that brought unprecedented terror and destruction to Cambodia, Elizabeth Becker, who covered the country for The Washington Post, was one of two American journalists allowed to return. When her visit ended with the murder of a fellow Western observer, Becker resolved to tell what happened after the revolution. In this powerful and authoritative account -- often told in the words of those who miraculously escaped -- Becker captures the essence of a nightmare: a capital city emptied, with everyone sent to the fields; the intelligentsia of the old society systematically hunted clown and often killed; scant food, poor shelter, and no relief from punishing work; a population ruled by terror; and routine torture and death.
Autorenporträt
Elizabeth Becker is an award-winning journalist and author who began her career as a war correspondent for the Washington Post in Cambodia. She later became the Senior Foreign Editor of the National Public Radio and a New York Times correspondent covering national security and foreign policy. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including accolades from the Overseas Press Club, DuPont Columbia’s Awards and was a member of the Times team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in covering 9/11. She is the author of Say You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War, When the War was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution, the definitive book on the event that has been in print for thirty-five years, and Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism, an exposé of the travel industry. She lives in Washington D.C.