A powerful and authoritative account of the Khmer Rouge revolution's aftermath in Cambodia in 1975, When the War Was Over explores this tragedy in riveting and compassionate detail. One of the century's worst examples of mass murder, the Khmer Rouge revolution killed nearly one-fourth of the population, crippling Cambodia with a legacy of destruction and terror that lingers today. Elizabeth Becker was one of two American journalists allowed into Cambodia after the revolution. Following the murder of a Western bystander, she determined to relate the story of what transpired after the revolution and the ongoing atrocity that permeates the Cambodian culture. | When The War Was Over by Elizabeth Becker, Paperback | Indigo Chapters