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Strongman: The Extraordinary Life of Hun Sen
Author(s): Harish C. Mehta (Author), Julie B. Mehta (Author)
- Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd
- Publication Date: 15 Jun. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 440 pages
- ISBN-10: 9814361291
- ISBN-13: 9789814361293
Book Description
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 troubled romance as junior Khmer Rouge cadres, his escape to Vietnam, and triumphant return to liberate his country from genocide, and his emergence as the longest-serving leader in Southeast Asia.
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About the Author
Julie B. Mehta has a PhD from the University of Toronto in English literature and South Asian studies. She teaches the chancellor-endowed course on asian cultures in Canada at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Dance of Life: The Mythology, History, and Politics of Cambodian Culture and has published extensively in academic books and journals on food history and global literatures.
