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柬埔寨曾經有過輝煌的歷史，享有「富貴真臘」美名的吳哥王朝，為後世留下舉世聞名的吳哥窟。法國博物學家兼探險家穆奧（Henri Mouhot, 1826-1861）曾讚嘆：「此地廟宇之宏偉，遠勝古希臘、羅馬遺留給我們的一切。」 然而，曾極盛一時的偉大帝國卻遭逢來自暹羅、越南等鄰國的嚴峻挑戰，甚至成為殖民強權擴張的目標，最終淪為法國的殖民地。 在施亞努親王的領導下，柬埔寨雖然成功脫離法國殖民統治而獨立，卻隨即捲入冷戰的地緣政治競賽中，不僅要面臨來自國際強權的干涉，也要防禦來自周邊鄰國的侵略。 動盪的外部環境深刻地左右著柬埔寨內部政治與經濟的發展方向。在波布統治時期，柬埔寨更成為英國編劇羅賓森（Bruce Robinson）筆下的「殺戮戰場」。隨著冷戰終結，柬埔寨在國際社會的協助下，終於邁向重建之路。外資的大量投入帶動柬埔寨的快速發展，讓柬埔寨被世界銀行喻為下一個「亞洲之虎」。 同時期，柬埔寨在洪森的強勢領導下，雖然定期舉行競爭性的選舉，實質的政治發展卻是走向獨裁統治。2017年底，洪森下令解散最大的反對黨：柬埔寨救國黨，此後已無任何政治勢力能夠挑戰洪森的政治霸權。 未來，穆奧曾經讚嘆的這個強大民族，境遇究竟會如何發展呢？

The Iraqi city of Fallujah has become an epicenter of geopolitical conflict, where foreign powers and non-state actors have repeatedly waged war in residential neighborhoods with staggering humanitarian consequences. The Sacking of Fallujah is the first comprehensive study of the three recent sieges of this city, including those by the United States in 2004 and the Iraqi-led operation to defeat ISIS in 2016. Unlike dominant military accounts that focus on American soldiers and U.S. leaders and perpetuate the myth that the United States'liberated'the city, this book argues that Fallujah was destroyed by coalition forces, leaving public health crises, political destabilization, and mass civilian casualties in their wake. This meticulously researched account cuts through the propaganda to uncover the lived experiences of Fallujans under siege and occupation, and contextualizes these events within a broader history of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Relying on testimony from Iraqi civilians, the work of independent journalists, and documentation from human rights organizations, Ross Caputi, Richard Hil, and Donna Mulhearn place the experiences of Fallujah's residents at the center of this city's recent history.

The Iraqi city of Fallujah has become an epicenter of geopolitical conflict, where foreign powers and non-state actors have repeatedly waged war in residential neighborhoods with staggering humanitarian consequences. The Sacking of Fallujah is the first comprehensive study of the three recent sieges of this city, including those by the United States in 2004 and the Iraqi-led operation to defeat ISIS in 2016. Unlike dominant military accounts that focus on American soldiers and U.S. leaders and perpetuate the myth that the United States'liberated'the city, this book argues that Fallujah was destroyed by coalition forces, leaving public health crises, political destabilization, and mass civilian casualties in their wake. This meticulously researched account cuts through the propaganda to uncover the lived experiences of Fallujans under siege and occupation, and contextualizes these events within a broader history of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Relying on testimony from Iraqi civilians, the work of independent journalists, and documentation from human rights organizations, Ross Caputi, Richard Hil, and Donna Mulhearn place the experiences of Fallujah's residents at the center of this city's recent history.

From the editor of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller War Letters comes an even more powerful, more revealing collection of rare and previously-unpublished letters from every major war in American history -- all discovered during Andrew Carroll's extraordinary three-year journey throughout the U.S. and to thirty-five countries around the world.'