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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787693903321

Autore

Mehta Harish C

Titolo

Strongman [[electronic resource] ] : the extraordinary life of Hun Sen ; from pagoda boy to Prime Minister of Cambodia / / Harish C. Mehta & Julie B. Mehta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Tarrytown, NY, : Marshall Cavendish, c2013

ISBN

981-4484-60-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MehtaJulie B

Disciplina

959.6043092

Soggetti

Prime ministers - Cambodia

Cambodia Politics and government 20th century

Cambodia Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""COVER""; ""CONTENT S""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""HUN SEN�S LIFE AND TIMES""; ""THE PLAYERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO HUN SEN""; ""ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE BOOK""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""1 DAYS IN THE KOMPONG AND THE PAGODA 1952-70""

Sommario/riassunto

Strongman: The Extraordinary Life of Hun Sen is the biography of the Cambodian leader whose private life has been a closely guarded secret. Fully updated and revised from the authors' first edition (Hun Sen: Strongman of Cambodia, published 1999), this volume is based on recently declassified archival documents and hours of new interviews with Hun Sen, his wife Bun Rany, son Hun Manet, other family members and associates. The book chronicles the life of Hun Sen from obscurity as a pagoda boy to strongman status. It reveals the life of Hun Sen and Bun Rany under the Khmer Rouge regime, their tr