Good read if you knew indochina and Cambodia before the Vietcong and Khmer Rouge.
HV
8 April 2013
A Transition From Hedonism to Hell
What a transition!
FY
2 January 2013
The best
River of Time is the best of the memoirs of a Westerner caught in Cambodia at its worst moment.
ON
4 June 2012
This book puts real texture to the region
This book does a great job of telling the story of a reporter.
BO
3 January 2012
A must-read take on the tragedy
I've read almost every book on the Khmer Rouge out there, from academic perspectives to first-hand accounts from survivors.
IA
22 November 2011
Gripping first hand account of the Vietnam war
Jon Swain spent many years in Vietnam, and obviously left his heart there.
VI
11 January 2011
A beautiful book.....
I'm only about half way through this book but its the best thing I've read in quite some time.
HL
27 November 2006
Another Che Queervara opium head having flashbacks of "glory days"
A humorous account of another young 60s counter-culturist who was enlightened as a young man by hookers, opiates and SE Asian narcotics that \"opened his eyes\" to the \"goodness and purity\" of the Khmer Rouge, Viet Cong, Ho Chi Minh, Pathet Lao, \"French enlightenment\" of the Souteast Asian barbarians of the 19th century, and of course last but not least~ the absolute horrendous barbarity of the hegemonic & demonic US regimes that failed to truly understand these great organizations of the 50s thru 70s (yawn...
AV
5 April 2000
A beautiful journey
I feel a little sorry for a few of the reviewers who have gone before me.
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Reviews (10)
13 December 2014Five Stars
Brilliant.
16 March 2014Trip down memory lane
Good read if you knew indochina and Cambodia before the Vietcong and Khmer Rouge.
8 April 2013A Transition From Hedonism to Hell
What a transition!
2 January 2013The best
River of Time is the best of the memoirs of a Westerner caught in Cambodia at its worst moment.
4 June 2012This book puts real texture to the region
This book does a great job of telling the story of a reporter.
3 January 2012A must-read take on the tragedy
I've read almost every book on the Khmer Rouge out there, from academic perspectives to first-hand accounts from survivors.
22 November 2011Gripping first hand account of the Vietnam war
Jon Swain spent many years in Vietnam, and obviously left his heart there.
11 January 2011A beautiful book.....
I'm only about half way through this book but its the best thing I've read in quite some time.
27 November 2006Another Che Queervara opium head having flashbacks of "glory days"
A humorous account of another young 60s counter-culturist who was enlightened as a young man by hookers, opiates and SE Asian narcotics that \"opened his eyes\" to the \"goodness and purity\" of the Khmer Rouge, Viet Cong, Ho Chi Minh, Pathet Lao, \"French enlightenment\" of the Souteast Asian barbarians of the 19th century, and of course last but not least~ the absolute horrendous barbarity of the hegemonic & demonic US regimes that failed to truly understand these great organizations of the 50s thru 70s (yawn...
5 April 2000A beautiful journey
I feel a little sorry for a few of the reviewers who have gone before me.