Review: When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution
User Review - Steve - GoodreadsI have read numerous books about the Khmer Rouge period in Cambodia, and studied the history and politics of Southeast Asia in the 1950'-70's, and found Becker's work in this text to be one of the ... Read full review
Review: When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution, Revised Edition
User Review - Amy - GoodreadsOutstanding book! Great research into how and why Cambodia got involved in a civil war that rocked the entire world. Definitely recommended read for anyone traveling to the Southeast Asia region or just interested in modern geo-political history! Read full review
Review: When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution
User Review - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsAward-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker started covering Cambodia in 1973 for The Washington Post, when the country was perceived as little more than a footnote to the Vietnam War. Then, with the ... Read full review
Review: When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution
User Review - May - GoodreadsThis book does an excellent job of detailing the events that occurred from a foreigner looking at the events of the Khmer Rouge. I don't think it should be used alone though. There are other books ... Read full review
Review: When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution
User Review - Shirin - GoodreadsI bought this book in Phnom Penh, at the little gift store at the corner of the Tuol Sleng Genocide muzeum, and started reading while aboard a huge boat drifting gently down the Mekong river and did ... Read full review
Review: When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution
User Review - Clay Evans - GoodreadsFascinating reading for a Politics major. Becker's research of history is impeccable, her political understanding astute. The tragedy is almost unfathomable, but Becker leads the reader to understand why and how it happened. Read full review
Review: When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution
User Review - Corleen gallinger - Goodreadsinformative and provides the reader with a path to a greater understanding of the incomprehensible that was Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Read full review
Review: When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution
User Review - Cmacauley - GoodreadsMonumental in scope and depth, Becker's comprehensive survey of recent Cambodian history ranges from astonishing in its analysis and intensely moving in its portrayal of victims and survivors, to ... Read full review
Review: When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution
User Review - Judy - GoodreadsNot the best-written book I've read, I found some of the prose, especially early in the book, to be repetitive and/or awkward. The last third of the book is more about the diplomatic relations between ... Read full review
Review: When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution
User Review - Graham Speier - GoodreadsTop notch history. Well-detailed and interesting. She could scrap the 100 pages on the Vietnam war, but it's nonetheless interesting. Read full review
