Joel Brinkley (1952–2014)
Autor von Cambodia's Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land
Werke von Joel Brinkley
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Wissenswertes
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Brinkley, Joel Graham
- Geburtstag
- 1952-07-22
- Todestag
- 2014-03-11
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Sterbeort
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Todesursache
- pneumonia
- Ausbildung
- University of North Carolina (BA|1975)
- Berufe
- journalist
professor - Beziehungen
- Brinkley, David (father)
Brinkley, Alan (brother) - Organisationen
- Stanford University
New York Times - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Pulitzer Prize (1982)
Penney-Missouri Award (1980)
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- Werke
- 4
- Mitglieder
- 200
- Beliebtheit
- #110,008
- Bewertung
- 4.0
- Rezensionen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 13
Cambodia, is a country where over 80 percent of the the people are by and large, living no differently than they did 1000 years ago.
This is not a people who recognize the value of a democracy. A huge amount of the country is illiterate, can read or write. The poverty level, and way they live is nearly unfathomable with mass malnutrition, disease and above all horrendous corruption.
Ad in the UN, and various world governments, as well as NGO's spending billions, and the nothing really has changed and no one has cut off the money.
Sadly Cambodia is a corrupt train wreck, but the people at least have a relatively stable government, which is very helpful for a country where over half the population suffers from severe PTSD.
The story is great for exposing the levels of corruption, the affects of PTSD has on the country, the uselessness of the UN, many world governments, and NGO's who have done very little for the population at large but have done a fantastic job enriching the government.… (mehr)