Strongman: The Extraordinary Life of Hun Sen: From Pagoda Boy to Prime Minister of Cambodia
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (941 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9814361291 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mehta has a PhD from the University of Toronto in English literature and South Asian studies. He teaches American foreign relations, Southeast Asian history, the Vietnam Wars and world history at the University of Toronto, McMaster University, and Trent University. About the AuthorHarish C. Julie B. Mehta is a historian with a PhD from McMaster University. She is the author of Dance of Life: The Mythology, History, and Politics of Cambodian Culture and has published extensively in academic books and journals on food history and global literatures. . She teaches the chancellor-endowed course on asian cultures in Canada at the University of Toronto. He is the author of three books on Cambodia and has published articles
Mehta has a PhD from the University of Toronto in English literature and South Asian studies. She is the author of Dance of Life: The Mythology, History, and Politics of Cambodian Culture and has published extensively in academic books and journals on food history and global literatures. Julie B. Harish C. Mehta is a historian with a PhD from McMaster University. . She teaches the chancellor-en
Do not bother to buy this very poor revision of a rather poor original book D. Jameson This is a revised version of a book written more than ten years ago. Unfortunately the revision is based on interviews that were conducted at about the same time the original edition was published so there is no updated material relevant to current conditions. Not only that, the added content is very thi. Good press can be bought This proves that anybody can write a biography for the right amount of money. This kind of journalism does not do history any favors.. One Star This book is paid to write for Hun Sen, lolz.
Fully updated and revised from the authors’ first edition (Hun Sen: Strongman of Cambodia, published 1999), this volume is based on recently declassified archival documents and hours of new interviews with Hun Sen, his wife Bun Rany, son Hun Manet, other family members and associates. It reveals the life of Hun Sen and Bun Rany under the Khmer Rouge regime, their troubled romance as junior Khmer Rouge cadres, his escape to Vietnam, and triumphant return to liberate his country from genocide, and his emergence as the longest-serving leader in Southeast Asia.. The book chronicles the life of Hun Sen from obscurity as a pagoda boy to strongman status. Strongman: The Extraordinary Life of Hun Sen is the biography of the Cambodian leader whose private life has been a closely guarded secret