Word: eberstadt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Eberstadt's theory is that all demographic catastrophes are political in nature, not overpopulation problems...
...Eberstadt is convinced the United States is not directly at fault for the creation of the Khmer Rouge, but Gooi says the U.S. played a "large role" in demoralizing the Cambodian people and consequently in causing the radical takeover...
...tend to think of them as Malthusian disasters," Eberstadt says, but he adds that "all you have to do is look at Soviet collectivization or the Biafran disaster or Uganda." You cannot divorce the two, he maintains, and his recent experiences in Thailand and Cambodia reinforce his belief...
...West is still searching for someone to restore order in the area according to Eberstadt...
Their hope now is the Khmer Serie--a nominal military force which is viewed here as "an alternate force for liberation." Eberstadt sees them as just a big "hoax...