“A seminal contribution to personal, professional, community, and academic library Southeast Asian Political History collections.”—Midwest Book Review
"A fine-grained regional history of the Northeastern provinces of Cambodia, in particular Ratanakiri, during the Khmer Rouge and People's Republic of Kampuchea periods. The book will contribute to a better understanding of the history of Cambodia and the region, and especially the varying and diverse roles of ethnic minorities within larger historical frameworks."—Oscar Salemink, University of Copenhagen
"A gripping account. . . . Books like Rise of the Brao do not come along all that often. It is unique in the level of detail and insight it provides into a long-overlooked dimension of one of the twentieth century's most significant conflicts. It raises important questions about the roles played by the region's ethnic minorities in these struggles. And it answers many of those questions in detail through a fine-grained account made possible by years of painstaking research."—The Journal of Asian Studies