Author: Joel Brinkley

A generation after the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia shows every sign of having overcome its history — the streets of Phnom Penh are paved; skyscrapers dot the skyline.
But under this facade lies a country still haunted by its years of terror.
Joel Brinkley won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting in Cambodia on the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime that killed one quarter of the nation's population during its years in power. In 1992.
In 2008 and 2009, Brinkley discovered a population in the grip of a venal government.
In this book, his extensive close-up reporting illuminates the country, its people, and the deep historical roots of its modern-day behavior, according to a review on goodreads.com.