First They Killed My Father : A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by Ung, LoungPub. Date: 2001-10-01
Publisher(s): Turtleback Books
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Summary
Chronicles the brutality of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, from the author's forced "evacuation" of Phnom Penh in 1975 to her family's subsequent movements from town to town and eventual separation.
Author Biography
Loung Ung is National Spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine Free World, a program of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. She lives in Washington, D.C.
Table of Contents
| Author's Note | p. ix |
| Phnom Penh April 1975 | p. 1 |
| The Ung Family April 1975 | p. 7 |
| Takeover April 17, 1975 | p. 17 |
| Evacuation April 1975 | p. 23 |
| Seven-Day Walk April 1975 | p. 28 |
| Krang Truop April 1975 | p. 38 |
| Waiting Station July 1975 | p. 44 |
| Anlungthmor July 1975 | p. 50 |
| Ro Leap November 1975 | p. 56 |
| Labor Camps January 1976 | p. 69 |
| New Year's April 1976 | p. 79 |
| Keav August 1976 | p. 93 |
| Pa December 1976 | p. 101 |
| Ma's Little Monkey April 1977 | p. 113 |
| Leaving Home May 1977 | p. 120 |
| Child Soldiers August 1977 | p. 129 |
| Gold for Chicken November 1977 | p. 144 |
| The Last Gathering May 1978 | p. 151 |
| The Walls Crumble November 1978 | p. 158 |
| The Youn Invasion January 1979 | p. 165 |
| The First Foster Family January 1979 | p. 175 |
| Flying Bullets February 1979 | p. 184 |
| Khmer Rouge Attack February 1979 | p. 195 |
| The Execution March 1979 | p. 203 |
| Back to Bat Deng April 1979 | p. 209 |
| From Cambodia to Vietnam October 1979 | p. 218 |
| Lam Sing Refugee Camp February 1980 | p. 228 |
| Epilogue | p. 235 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 239 |
| Resources | p. 241 |
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