Amazon.com: Books: When the War Was over [Published in English]

Books: When the War Was over [Published in English]
Author: Elizabeth Becker
" Excellent. A must read on Cambodian History, August 9, 2004
Reviewer: A. Prabhu (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
(Review Posted on Amazon.com)
I really liked this book. The book covers a lot of ground. Apart from covering at Cambodian history, the book tells the tales of individual Cambodians who have lived or died through the Khmer Regime. The book also covers the world political influence as the tragedy unfolds in Cambodia and how each of these players plays an active or passive role in the tragedy. The reporting on the resolution of the conflict is also very interesting. It shows how geopolitics and individual personalities are so critical in resolution of these types of conflicts.

The book also covers US attitudes towards the IndoChina region in the aftermath of the Vietnam war and what the implications of the attitude were to the region.

The only drawback of the book I found is that sometimes the narrative gets a little tedious and repetitive."