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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... January 1979 , Deuch had stayed behind in hiding for an hour after Vietnamese forces entered the capital , but instead of burning the highly incriminating archives , he had preferred to ensure that his last prison- ers were murdered ...
... January 1979 , Deuch had stayed behind in hiding for an hour after Vietnamese forces entered the capital , but instead of burning the highly incriminating archives , he had preferred to ensure that his last prison- ers were murdered ...
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... January 1993 . 30. Samphan , Prowatttisat kampuchea thmey thmey nih , 141 , 15-16 ; Kiernan , How Pol Pot Came to Power , pp . 204–5 . The CPK Political Hierarchy : The Standing Committee of the Preface to the Third Edition • xix.
... January 1993 . 30. Samphan , Prowatttisat kampuchea thmey thmey nih , 141 , 15-16 ; Kiernan , How Pol Pot Came to Power , pp . 204–5 . The CPK Political Hierarchy : The Standing Committee of the Preface to the Third Edition • xix.
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... January 1997 , and " Pol Pot's Brothers in Crime , " New York Times . 20 June 1997 . 5. Ben Kiernan , Dith Pran , and Youk Chhang , " Desoles pour le genocide , " Le Monde , 5 January 1999 . 6. Nic Dunlop , " KR Torture Chief Admits to ...
... January 1997 , and " Pol Pot's Brothers in Crime , " New York Times . 20 June 1997 . 5. Ben Kiernan , Dith Pran , and Youk Chhang , " Desoles pour le genocide , " Le Monde , 5 January 1999 . 6. Nic Dunlop , " KR Torture Chief Admits to ...
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... January 1953.22 The previous day , King Sihanouk had declared martial law in order to sup- press Cambodia's independence movement , which was becoming radicalized by French colonial force . Pol Pot's closest brother , Saloth Chhay ...
... January 1953.22 The previous day , King Sihanouk had declared martial law in order to sup- press Cambodia's independence movement , which was becoming radicalized by French colonial force . Pol Pot's closest brother , Saloth Chhay ...
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... January 1986. Chem was then probably the only sur- viving witness to the 1942 demonstration ; he is the only one to have provided an estimate of the size of the crowd . He studied at the Higher Pali School in Wat Unnalom from 1939 to ...
... January 1986. Chem was then probably the only sur- viving witness to the 1942 demonstration ; he is the only one to have provided an estimate of the size of the crowd . He studied at the Higher Pali School in Wat Unnalom from 1939 to ...
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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