The book is devoted to one of the most famous UN missions—the 1993 elections in Cambodia. The author, Tom Riddle, a UN volunteer and eyewitness to those legendary events, tells them to us reliably, honestly, and with a great sense of humor. There’s nothing made up in this book. With great affection, Tom recalls his friends from the international UN team—Russians, Americans, Britons, and Thais. Unfortunately, the touching novel of a Cambodian woman and an American author, so delicately described in this wonderful example of documentary prose, has no happy ending. “Cambodia and the Year of the UNTAC” won’t leave anyone indifferent!