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The Death and Life of Dith Pran

by Sydney Schanberg · 1985

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The article that lead to the making of the academy award winning film "The Killing Fields". The story outlines the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and Dith Prans tale of survival.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
journalistsjournalistsMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of thisCambodiaCambodiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 112 pages

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