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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Page 55
... Chhouk , the Region 24 Cpk secretary , did . On his return , Chhouk told Song that Pol Pot had made eight points : 1. Evacuate people from all towns . 2. Abolish all markets . 3. Abolish Lon Nol regime currency and withhold the ...
... Chhouk , the Region 24 Cpk secretary , did . On his return , Chhouk told Song that Pol Pot had made eight points : 1. Evacuate people from all towns . 2. Abolish all markets . 3. Abolish Lon Nol regime currency and withhold the ...
Page 58
... Chhouk's account , as told through Sin Song , holds up rea- sonably well . The evacuation of the cities was declared to be permanent . Money , markets , and Buddhismn were now prohibited . Song seems to have been right ( and Chea Sim ...
... Chhouk's account , as told through Sin Song , holds up rea- sonably well . The evacuation of the cities was declared to be permanent . Money , markets , and Buddhismn were now prohibited . Song seems to have been right ( and Chea Sim ...
Page 59
... Chhouk told Sin Song that at the May meeting Hou Yuon had publicly dis- sented from some of eight points . According to Song , " There was some dis- agreement with these points at the Assembly , especially over the creation of high ...
... Chhouk told Sin Song that at the May meeting Hou Yuon had publicly dis- sented from some of eight points . According to Song , " There was some dis- agreement with these points at the Assembly , especially over the creation of high ...
Page 60
... Chhouk and the secretary of the Northeast Zone , Ney Sarann , were among the main dissidents . On his return , Chhouk called a meeting of over thirty Region 24 cadres , including myself . He told us he disagreed with these policies ; if ...
... Chhouk and the secretary of the Northeast Zone , Ney Sarann , were among the main dissidents . On his return , Chhouk called a meeting of over thirty Region 24 cadres , including myself . He told us he disagreed with these policies ; if ...
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Contents
31 | |
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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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