Cambodia Now

<p> Cambodia has never recovered from its Khmer Rouge past. The genocidal regime of 1975-1979 and the following two decades of civil war ripped the country apart. This work examines Cambodia in the aftermath focusing on Khmer people of all walks of life and examining through their eyes key facets of Cambodian society including the ancient Angkor legacy relations with neighboring countries (particularly the strained ones with the Vietnamese) emerging democracy psychology violence health family poverty the environment and the nation's future.</p><p> Along with print sources research is drawn from hundreds of interviews with Cambodians including farmers royalty beggars teachers monks orphanage heads politicians and non-native experts on Cambodia. Dozens of exquisite photographs of Cambodian people and places illustrate the work which concludes with a glossary of Cambodian words people places and names and an appendix of organizations providing aid to Cambodia.</p>