The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia Under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79This edition of Ben Kiernan’s definitive account of the Cambodian revolution and genocide includes a new preface that takes the story up to 2008 and the UN-sponsored Khmer Rouge tribunal. "Deeply detailed, meticulously reported. . . . Important [and] valuable.” --Nation "In this authoritative work, Ben Kiernan . . . explores the reasons why Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge revolution became a Cambodian nightmare." --Richard Gough, Times Higher Education Supplement "Perhaps the most complete [account of Pol Pot’s terror] and the closest to Cambodian sources.” --Economist "One of the most important contributions to the subject so far.” --R. B. Smith, Asian Affairs "Kiernan, the leading authority on modern Cambodia, meticulously examines Pol Pot's killing machine and clears up many misconceptions found in earlier studies. . . . An important book for students of genocide as well as scholars of Southeast Asia." --Library Journal "[A] detailed and chilling history." --Asiaweek "The most detailed history to date of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. . . . This book . . . will certainly be the benchmark against which all future research on the Khmer Rouge must be measured. Very highly recommended." --Choice |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia Under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79 |
| Author | Ben Kiernan |
| Edition | 3, illustrated |
| Publisher | Yale University Press, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0300144342, 9780300144345 |
| Length | 477 pages |
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