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 xvii
... Hou Yuon had op- posed that order of Pol Pot's ( see below , pp . 33 , 59-61 ) , Samphan calls it something " I was not expecting at all . " Meanwhile the Cpk had forcibly col- lectivized the countryside . " Great was my surprise , " he ...
... Hou Yuon had op- posed that order of Pol Pot's ( see below , pp . 33 , 59-61 ) , Samphan calls it something " I was not expecting at all . " Meanwhile the Cpk had forcibly col- lectivized the countryside . " Great was my surprise , " he ...
Page xix
... Hou Yuon and Hu Nim , who fought harder and were indeed sacked , still kept pushing for reforms.30 And later they spoke out again — against Pol Pot , who had them murdered . Under both regimes , by contrast , Samphan displayed the ...
... Hou Yuon and Hu Nim , who fought harder and were indeed sacked , still kept pushing for reforms.30 And later they spoke out again — against Pol Pot , who had them murdered . Under both regimes , by contrast , Samphan displayed the ...
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... Hou Yuon , later a popular marxist intellectual who would be one of the first victims after Pol Pot's seizure of power in 1975. But Pot stood out in his choice of nom de plume : the Original Cambodian ( Khmaer da'em ) .2I Others ...
... Hou Yuon , later a popular marxist intellectual who would be one of the first victims after Pol Pot's seizure of power in 1975. But Pot stood out in his choice of nom de plume : the Original Cambodian ( Khmaer da'em ) .2I Others ...
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... Yuon's stance , partly because Yuon had recently congratulated Samrin's troops on the capture of Neak Leung . But the evacuation of the capital was another matter . " Hou Yuon struggled against it . He got up and said that it was not ...
... Yuon's stance , partly because Yuon had recently congratulated Samrin's troops on the capture of Neak Leung . But the evacuation of the capital was another matter . " Hou Yuon struggled against it . He got up and said that it was not ...
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... Hou Yuon's oppo- sition , the Southwest cadre knew of " no opposition to this plan within the Party and Army . " 18 The occupation and evacuation of the city were therefore chaotic . The various Khmer Rouge forces often contradicted one ...
... Hou Yuon's oppo- sition , the Southwest cadre knew of " no opposition to this plan within the Party and Army . " 18 The occupation and evacuation of the city were therefore chaotic . The various Khmer Rouge forces often contradicted one ...
Contents
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CHAPTER EIGHT Power Politics 197677 | 313 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN The End of the Pol Pot Regime | 440 |
Select Bibliography | 467 |
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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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