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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... Ieng Sary ( whose real name was Kim Trang but who also used the Khmer Rouge code name Van ) . Sary quickly admitted that the documents were genuine.11 His wife , Khieu Thirith , sister of Pol Pot's wife , Khieu Ponnary , and herself a ...
... Ieng Sary ( whose real name was Kim Trang but who also used the Khmer Rouge code name Van ) . Sary quickly admitted that the documents were genuine.11 His wife , Khieu Thirith , sister of Pol Pot's wife , Khieu Ponnary , and herself a ...
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... Ieng Sary , and Khieu Thirith certainly had little expectation of ever facing legal charges for their violations of international criminal law two decades earlier . Yet finally , in 2007 , all four were arraigned and jailed in Phnom ...
... Ieng Sary , and Khieu Thirith certainly had little expectation of ever facing legal charges for their violations of international criminal law two decades earlier . Yet finally , in 2007 , all four were arraigned and jailed in Phnom ...
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... Ieng Sary , Khieu Thirith , and Deuch . Soon after Pol Pot's death in 1998 , Samphan and Nuon Chea surrendered to the Cambo- dian government , but until 2007 they continued to live in impunity in a fron- tier town near Thailand . There ...
... Ieng Sary , Khieu Thirith , and Deuch . Soon after Pol Pot's death in 1998 , Samphan and Nuon Chea surrendered to the Cambo- dian government , but until 2007 they continued to live in impunity in a fron- tier town near Thailand . There ...
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... Ieng Sary . At this se- cret meeting , Pol Pot first targeted a Khmer Rouge general , Chan Chakrey . He said , " We must pay attention to what he says , to see [ if ] he is a traitor who will deprive himself of any future . " Then ...
... Ieng Sary . At this se- cret meeting , Pol Pot first targeted a Khmer Rouge general , Chan Chakrey . He said , " We must pay attention to what he says , to see [ if ] he is a traitor who will deprive himself of any future . " Then ...
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... Ieng Sary's defensive formulation of " regret , " it also recalls a key turning point in Samphan's earlier career . For his 1963 economic reform campaign , Samphan had won a vote of confidence from Sihanouk's cabinet , but then he ...
... Ieng Sary's defensive formulation of " regret , " it also recalls a key turning point in Samphan's earlier career . For his 1963 economic reform campaign , Samphan had won a vote of confidence from Sihanouk's cabinet , but then he ...
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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