325). Those who were affected from the genocide suffered from aspects of malnutrition and diseases. One aspect that affected many of those involved within the genocide was post-traumatic stress. “Post-traumatic stress syndrome is a general problem, including illnesses such as psychosomatic blindness, which has been diagnosed among survivors living in the United States” (p. 328). It is because of these aspects that those whom were affected were never able to truly recover from those events that were inflicted upon them during the rough four years. It was during these four years that the population of Cambodia suffered erratically. “The population of Cambodia totaled around 6.5 million in 1979. The survivors emerged from the Pol Pot period nearly 3.5 million fewer than the 1980 population that had been projected in 1970” (p. 327). Though many of the natives of Cambodia died from the bombings associated with the US before the war, many of the rest of the natives ultimately 1.7 million deaths “… are attributable to the Khmer Rouge” (p.
325). Those who were affected from the genocide suffered from aspects of malnutrition and diseases. One aspect that affected many of those involved within the genocide was post-traumatic stress. “Post-traumatic stress syndrome is a general problem, including illnesses such as psychosomatic blindness, which has been diagnosed among survivors living in the United States” (p. 328). It is because of these aspects that those whom were affected were never able to truly recover from those events that were inflicted upon them during the rough four years. It was during these four years that the population of Cambodia suffered erratically. “The population of Cambodia totaled around 6.5 million in 1979. The survivors emerged from the Pol Pot period nearly 3.5 million fewer than the 1980 population that had been projected in 1970” (p. 327). Though many of the natives of Cambodia died from the bombings associated with the US before the war, many of the rest of the natives ultimately 1.7 million deaths “… are attributable to the Khmer Rouge” (p.