A Cambodian soldier walked past the Preah Vihear temple complex, an ancient site that is embroiled in a face-off between Thailand and Cambodia.
(Tang Chhin Sothy/ AFP/ Getty Images)
H.D.S. Greenway
Fanning the poisonous airs of nationalism
A Cambodian soldier walked past the Preah Vihear temple complex, an ancient site that is embroiled in a face-off between Thailand and Cambodia.
(Tang Chhin Sothy/ AFP/ Getty Images)
THERE IS nothing like a disputed place to bring incendiary nationalism to the boil. The mother of all examples is Jerusalem. Much of the energy of Europe was taken up in trying to wrest it from Muslims from the 11th to the 14th centuries. Today we are told there will be no progress in settling the 100-year dispute between Jews ... (Full article: 703 words)
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