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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... Khieu Samphan . The son of a Cambodian judge , Samphan studied in Paris in the 1950s , just after Pol Pot . He too joined the French Communist Party , and he received his doctorate for an intelligent dissertation on economics at the ...
... Khieu Samphan . The son of a Cambodian judge , Samphan studied in Paris in the 1950s , just after Pol Pot . He too joined the French Communist Party , and he received his doctorate for an intelligent dissertation on economics at the ...
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... 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 Samphan ...
... 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 Samphan ...
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... Khieu Samphan belonged to the inner circle of Cpk decision making , the Standing Committee . In 1975-76 , for instance , the extant min- utes record him ( under his code name Hem ) as attending no fewer than twelve out of the fourteen ...
... Khieu Samphan belonged to the inner circle of Cpk decision making , the Standing Committee . In 1975-76 , for instance , the extant min- utes record him ( under his code name Hem ) as attending no fewer than twelve out of the fourteen ...
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... Samphan says he found Phnom Penh hospitals " overflowing , " and men " covered with blood , groan- ing through the ... Khieu Samphan , quoted in Indochina Digest , 12 August 1992 ; see also 24 December 1992 and 8 January 1993 . 30 ...
... Samphan says he found Phnom Penh hospitals " overflowing , " and men " covered with blood , groan- ing through the ... Khieu Samphan , quoted in Indochina Digest , 12 August 1992 ; see also 24 December 1992 and 8 January 1993 . 30 ...
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... Khieu Standing Committee Deputy Prime Member for Security Minister for Defense , executed by Pol Pot , June 1997 1975-79 9. Khieu b . 1931 Hem Head , Office of the Samphan , CC , 1977-79 President of the State Presidium jailed on ...
... Khieu Standing Committee Deputy Prime Member for Security Minister for Defense , executed by Pol Pot , June 1997 1975-79 9. Khieu b . 1931 Hem Head , Office of the Samphan , CC , 1977-79 President of the State Presidium jailed on ...
Contents
31 | |
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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