The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia Under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79Yale University Press, 2008 M10 1 - 477 pages This edition of Ben Kiernan's 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. Kiernan's other books include 'Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur' and 'How Pol Pot Came to Power'. |
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... April he was " profoundly upset " by the party's im- mediate forced evacuation of the city . While others like Hou Yuon had op- posed that order of Pol Pot's ( see below , pp . 33 , 59-61 ) , Samphan calls it something " I was not ...
... April he was " profoundly upset " by the party's im- mediate forced evacuation of the city . While others like Hou Yuon had op- posed that order of Pol Pot's ( see below , pp . 33 , 59-61 ) , Samphan calls it something " I was not ...
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... April 1999 ; " Rebel pair set to face genocide charges , " South China Morning Post , DPA , 26 April 1999 ; " K. Rouge chief said implicates up to 30 comrades , " Reuters , Phnom Penh , 27 April 1999 . 9. United Nations , AS , General ...
... April 1999 ; " Rebel pair set to face genocide charges , " South China Morning Post , DPA , 26 April 1999 ; " K. Rouge chief said implicates up to 30 comrades , " Reuters , Phnom Penh , 27 April 1999 . 9. United Nations , AS , General ...
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... April 17 , 1978 , includes a list of names of relatives and associates of a prisoner named San Eap . The commander of Zone 801 sent the list to " Committee 870 , " a title reminiscent of the royal plural , used by Pol Pot . 15 Using a ...
... April 17 , 1978 , includes a list of names of relatives and associates of a prisoner named San Eap . The commander of Zone 801 sent the list to " Committee 870 , " a title reminiscent of the royal plural , used by Pol Pot . 15 Using a ...
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... April 1976 , a new cabinet had just been announced in Phnom Penh . On 14 April , Samphan had replaced Sihanouk , becoming " Chairman of the State Presidium . " And a certain Pol Pot had been named Democratic Kampuchea's new prime ...
... April 1976 , a new cabinet had just been announced in Phnom Penh . On 14 April , Samphan had replaced Sihanouk , becoming " Chairman of the State Presidium . " And a certain Pol Pot had been named Democratic Kampuchea's new prime ...
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... April 1976 . 4. Michael Vickery , Cambodia 1975-1982 , Boston : South End , 1984 , p . 190 . 5. This account is based on the author's interview with one of those working in the fields at Svay Sor in April 1976. He saw the newcomers ...
... April 1976 . 4. Michael Vickery , Cambodia 1975-1982 , Boston : South End , 1984 , p . 190 . 5. This account is based on the author's interview with one of those working in the fields at Svay Sor in April 1976. He saw the newcomers ...
Contents
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CHAPTER EIGHT Power Politics 197677 | 313 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN The End of the Pol Pot Regime | 440 |
Select Bibliography | 467 |
Other editions - View all
The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia Under the Khmer ... Ben Kiernan No preview available - 1996 |
The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia Under the Khmer ... Ben Kiernan No preview available - 2008 |
The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia Under the Khmer ... Ben Kiernan No preview available - 1996 |
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