The Rise and Fall of the Khmer Rouge

10)Woman bicycling past stacked cars at side of road, declared Western curse
by Khmer Rouge regime during clash of two rival Communist powers.
Date created:           01 Dec 1979
credit: John Bryson / Time Life Pictures / Getty Images
John Bryson / Time Life Pictures / Getty Images

Purging the Western Curse
The Khmer Rouge sought to rid Cambodia of all Western influences that distracted its people from their agrarian calling. Cars, abandoned and forbidden, were stacked up alongside the road.

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