We Didn't Start the Fire: My Struggle for Democracy in Cambodia

by Sam Rainsy and David Whitehouse

Book Overview

Cambodia's long-time opposition leader and former finance minister Sam Rainsy is committed to establishing democracy in his homeland. He is in exile in France to avoid a twelve-year prison sentence on politically motivated charges and is banned from contesting the July 2013 elections. In this autobiography he recounts his early years in Cambodia, his family's expulsion, his relationship with Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge regime, and the Vietnamese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6162150631
• ISBN13: 9786162150630
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher