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Author Yimsut, Ronnie, 1961-

Title Facing the Khmer Rouge : a Cambodian journey / Ronnie Yimsut ; foreword by David P. Chandler ; afterword by Daniel Savin
Published New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (271 pages)
Series Genocide, political violence, human rights series
Genocide, political violence, human rights series.
Contents Foreword / David P. Chandler, Ph. D. -- Preface: Between Worlds -- Acknowledgments: A Book Is Born -- Family Tree of Ranachith ("Ronnie") Yimsut -- Chronology -- 1. Childhood Idyll: Siem Reap -- 2. Bamboo in the Wind: Regime Change in Siem Reap -- 3. An Uncivil War: Heavy Shelling in Siem Reap -- 4. Shocks and Surprises: Angkor Wat and Domdek -- 5. A Time of Plenty: Back Home in Siem Reap -- 6. An Era Is Ended: Siem Reap under Siege -- 7. An Empty Village: Krobey Riel and Siem Reap -- 8. A Great Leap Backward: Keo Poeur, Kok Poh, and Kork Putrea -- 9. The Death of Dogs: Tapang -- 10. Miracle at the Temple: Wat Yieng -- 11. Dead Weight: Ta Source Hill and the Massacre Site -- 12. Kill or Be Killed: Krobey Riel, Dorn Swar, and Prey Roniem -- 13. Barefoot Escape: Srae Noy, Resin Mountain, and the Deep Northern Jungle -- 14. Alien Worlds: Din Daeng, Sisaketh, Buriram, and Aranya Prathet -- 15. Urban Jungle: Washington, D.C., Seattle, and Oregon State -- 16. Back to the Past: Oregon State, Siem Reap, and Phnom Penh -- 17. Back in Time: Oregon State and Phnom Penh -- 18. Turning Point: Elections in Phnom Penh -- 19. Facing the Khmer Rouge: Siem Reap, Ta Source Hill, the Massacre Site, and Pailin -- 20. Lights: Siem Reap and Phnom Penh -- Epilogue -- Afterword: The Healing and Reconciling Process / Daniel Savin, M.D. -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index
Summary As a child growing up in Cambodia, Ronnie Yimsut played among the ruins of the Angkor Wat temples, surrounded by a close-knit community. As the Khmer Rouge gained power and began its genocidal reign of terror, his life became a nightmare. In this stunning memoir, Yimsut describes how, in the wake of death and destruction, he decides to live. Facing the Khmer Rouge shows Ronnie Yimsut's personal quest to rehabilitate himself, make a new life in America, and then return to Cambodia to help rebuild the land of his birth
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Yimsut, Ronnie, 1961-
SUBJECT Yimsut, Ronnie, 1961- fast
Subject Parti communiste du Kampuchea -- History
SUBJECT Parti communiste du Kampuchea fast
Subject Cambodian Americans -- Biography
Refugees -- United States -- Biography
Genocide survivors -- Cambodia -- Biography
Genocide -- Cambodia -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights.
Cambodian Americans
Genocide
Genocide survivors
Refugees
SUBJECT Siĕmréab (Cambodia) -- Biography
Cambodia -- History -- 1975-1979 -- Biography
Subject Cambodia
Cambodia -- Siĕmréab
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Chandler, David P. (David Porter), 1933-
Savin, Daniel Wolf.
ISBN 9780813552309
0813552303