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The Lands Of Charm And Cruelty - Travels In Southeast Asia

by Stan Sesser
The Lands Of Charm And Cruelty - Travels In Southeast Asia - Thryft
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Southeast Asia: Charm, Cruelty, and Contradictions.

The book provides valuable insights into the five Southeast Asian countries: Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, and Borneo. The author shows a unique perspective on the socio-political and economic conditions of these lands, highlighting their distinct qualities and the contradictions they embody. Readers who are interested in exploring Southeast Asian cultures and societies will find this book informative and thought-provoking.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Lands Of Charm And Cruelty - Travels In Southeast Asia

by Stan Sesser
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ISBN: 9780330333870
Author: Stan Sesser
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Date of Publication: 1994-07-22
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.79
(rated by 67 readers)

Description

'With detail, expertise and a moral voice, freelance writer Sesser portrays
five repressed lands. His narratives - reprinted from the New Yorker -
begin with the contradictions of Singapore, prosperous and tidy, whose
competent, incorruptible leaders rule by fear. In desperately poor Laos,
where the United States dropped more bombs than on Nazi Germany, villagers
fashion daily essentials from remnant munitions and the wreckage of drowned
planes. A chilling report on Cambodia warns of the political re-emergence
of the murderous Khmer Rouge. A portrait of Burma limns how that republic's
form of Buddhism tolerates tyranny and describes the nascent protest
movement led by Aung San Suu Kyi. Sesser does not condemn all logging in
Borneo, but finds the telling detail: in Japan, the logs become plywood, as
"the gold of Sarawak rain forest [is] minted into pennies"' Publishers
Weekly 'Stan Sesser's beautifully observed book about the successes, the
turmoils, and the disasters of Southeast Asia is a marvellous testament to
his skills as a reporter and to fine writing. It is an invaluable piece of
work' William Shawcross


Author: Stan Sesser
Publication Date: 1994
 

Southeast Asia: Charm, Cruelty, and Contradictions.

The book provides valuable insights into the five Southeast Asian countries: Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, and Borneo. The author shows a unique perspective on the socio-political and economic conditions of these lands, highlighting their distinct qualities and the contradictions they embody. Readers who are interested in exploring Southeast Asian cultures and societies will find this book informative and thought-provoking.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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