The lands of charm and cruelty : travels in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia - an infinitely fascinating part of the world, whose people are beautiful and welcoming, whose ancient cultural traditions still thrive today, whose great religious relics and works of art dazzle the traveler. At the same time, however, Southeast Asia is haunted by tyranny and repression - ruled by governments that dismiss democracy and human rights as Western indulgences and view the most severe ecological degradation as a small p...