A Note on From Dictatorship to Democracy

In Why Nations Fail or related topics especially those of economic development or political science, we cannot see how to develop a country suppose you were a victim in a failed country. At least you are not the leader of a country [you would not read this piece of writing if you were!]. This book attempts to give guidelines, at least hope, for the victims, the suppressed, of dictatorship to topple dictatorship to set up a lasting...

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Cambodia's Curse, a Review

The author is no doubt correct to point out that, among many factors, the lack of the rule of law and uneducated Cambodians and their politicians are the curses to Cambodia’s development.  Are Cambodians resistant to change?  There...

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The Worldly Philosophers

A graduate student who could write such a good book is an exceptionally brilliant person. His novel style of writing manifested in this book keeps readers curious and allows readers to be back in the time of those economic thinkers.  Although...

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Afterlove

I did not like a novel in the past. I felt it would increase no knowledge, or concrete knowledge. A Khmer senior in my university recommended this novel to me and at the same time gave me this book. That is how I got to read this book and it changed my view on novels in general. The story begins with a family of happiness, a solid marriage, caring husband and wife with two children and satisfying careers. Then all of a sudden,...

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Hun Sen's Cambodia: review

The author discusses issues in this book in his journalistic professionalism, not in political or economic models. In most parts, he interviewed relevant persons, told stories and most importantly stuck to main points. Through...

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