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Read [Benny Widyono Book] ^ Dancing in Shadows: Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge, and the United Nations in Cambodia (Asian Voices) Online ^ PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Dancing in Shadows: Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge, and the United Nations in Cambodia (Asian Voices) This fascinating book recounts the remarkable tale of a career UN official from Indonesia caught in the turmoil of international and domestic politics swirling around Cambodia during the tumultuous period after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. Putting a human face on international operations, this book will be invaluable reading for anyone interested in Southeast Asia, the role of international peacekeeping, and the international response to genocide.. He draws not only on his vantage point as part
| Title | : | Dancing in Shadows: Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge, and the United Nations in Cambodia (Asian Voices) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.77 (661 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0742555534 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 356 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-23 |
| Language | : | English |
(Outlook, Bangkok Post)These memoirs of a senior UN official recording his years in Cambodia from 1992 to 1997 are not only informative and well researched, but also keenly perceptive and engaging. The book, therefore, 'sounds like Benny,' which is what gives it its bite and originality. As such, it is an invaluable resource for all interested observers and students of Cambodia, undergraduate and graduate alike. His assessments of personalities and events in this period are often shrewd and persuasive, and buttressed by observations made in the course of later visits to the country. This book will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in the often tragic history of Cambodia and the history of big-power intervention in Southeast Asia. (South China Morning Post)Benny Widyono has now performed the invaluable task of setting the record straight by counting the failures as well. (Far Eastern Economic Review)Dancing in Shadows is a key text for anyon
"I did not care much for this book. It" according to Amazon Customer. I did not care much for this book. It was very much a political insider guide to Cambodia in early 1970's, with a focus on the Cambodian political parties that were vying for power. I was hoping for more insight on the Khmer Rouge; philosophy, origins and atrocities during the civil war. This i. Benny Widyono's Shadow Dance I picked up Benny Widyono's remarkable memoir Dancing in Shadows at Phnom Penh Airport's bookshop and greedily devoured it. During Cambodia's unprecedented occupation by the UN Transitional Authority, Dr. Widyono was appointed shadow governor of Siem Reap province; later he was the UN Secretary. "Cambodia: Out of the Shadows?" according to D. Gordon Longmuir. This is Benny Widyono's engaging memoir of his five years in Cambodia, first as a senior official in the UN Transitional Authority (UNTAC), responsible for the Province of Siem Reap, and later as the Personal Representative of the Secretary General after the new Royal Government was formed. Wid
This fascinating book recounts the remarkable tale of a career UN official from Indonesia caught in the turmoil of international and domestic politics swirling around Cambodia during the tumultuous period after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. Putting a human face on international operations, this book will be invaluable reading for anyone interested in Southeast Asia, the role of international peacekeeping, and the international response to genocide.. He draws not only on his vantage point as part of the UN bureaucracy, but also as a local UN official in the rural Cambodian province of Siem Reap, the site of Angkor Wat. A simultaneous insider and outsider, he also untangles the competing and conflicting agendas of the key international players, especially the United States, China, and Vietnam. Writing from his experience first as a member of the UN transitional authority and then as a personal envoy to the UN secretary-general, Benny Widyono re-creates the fierce battles for power centering on King Norodom Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge, and Prime Minister Hun Sen. He argues that great-power geopolitics throughout the Cold War and post–Cold W
. Benny Widyono, born in Indonesia to ethnic Chinese parents, was a career UN diplomat. He was a peacekeeper with UNTAC from 1992 to 1993 and representative of the UN secretary-general in Cambodia from 1994 to 1997. He holds a Ph.D. in economics and wrote this book while a visiting scholar at the Kahin Center on Advanced Research on Southeast Asia at Cornell University
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