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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... Center of Cambodia , has been micro- filmed by Yale University's Sterling Library Southeast Asia Collection . 15. For Pol Pot's use of Angkar as a personal pseudonym , see Document VIII , " Introduc- tion , " in Pol Pot Plans the Future ...
... Center of Cambodia , has been micro- filmed by Yale University's Sterling Library Southeast Asia Collection . 15. For Pol Pot's use of Angkar as a personal pseudonym , see Document VIII , " Introduc- tion , " in Pol Pot Plans the Future ...
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... Center ” ) DK mobile work brigade , mostly composed of young workers Region ( DK usage ) Islamic community leader " Red Khmers " ( Khmer Rouge ) " Lower Khmers , ” ethnic Cambodians from southern Vietnam " Upper Khmers , ” ethnic ...
... Center ” ) DK mobile work brigade , mostly composed of young workers Region ( DK usage ) Islamic community leader " Red Khmers " ( Khmer Rouge ) " Lower Khmers , ” ethnic Cambodians from southern Vietnam " Upper Khmers , ” ethnic ...
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... Center was to secure organizational control and pursue its extremist domestic and foreign policies . These purges were begun in 1971 , but most of the country , although in the hands of the insurgents , remained untouched by the Center ...
... Center was to secure organizational control and pursue its extremist domestic and foreign policies . These purges were begun in 1971 , but most of the country , although in the hands of the insurgents , remained untouched by the Center ...
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... Center . " The political effect reached the highest level of the Cpk in the Southwest Zone , its ruling party committee . In 1973-74 , four of the eight leaders of this zone committee Were purged . Two of these Cpk moderates were ...
... Center . " The political effect reached the highest level of the Cpk in the Southwest Zone , its ruling party committee . In 1973-74 , four of the eight leaders of this zone committee Were purged . Two of these Cpk moderates were ...
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... Center — from elite backgrounds and without experience of peasant life — privileged themselves and each other , to the detriment of alter- native leaders from grassroots backgrounds , whether of Khmer or ethnic minority origin . ( I use ...
... Center — from elite backgrounds and without experience of peasant life — privileged themselves and each other , to the detriment of alter- native leaders from grassroots backgrounds , whether of Khmer or ethnic minority origin . ( I use ...
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 |
Common terms and phrases
Angkar April arrested arrived August Author's interview Bangkok Post base Battambang border Boua Brother Cambodia Center Chandler Chhouk chief China Chinese commander communist CPK secretary December Democratic Kampuchea deputy Deuch district document Eastern Zone enemy ethnic evacuated executed families forces former Genocide Hanoi Heder Heng Samrin Hou Yuon hundred Ieng Sary January July Kampot Kampuchea Krom Khieu Samphan Khmer Krom Khmer Rouge Kiernan killed Kirivong Koh Kong Kompong Cham leaders Lon Nol March Mekong military months Northern Zone Northwest November Nuon Chea October officials party peasants Phim Phnom Penh Phnom Penh Radio Pol Pot Pol Pot Plans political population Pot's Preah Prey Veng prison province Pursat recalls refugees regime Region 25 reported revolution rice Santebal says September 1980 Sihanouk soldiers Southwest Zone subdistrict Svay Takeo Thai Thailand thousand Thuon told tons troops Tuol Sleng Vickery Vietnam Vietnamese village Vorn Vet workers