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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... Kiernan. More praise for Ben Kiernan's The Pol Pot Regime " Ben Kiernan's first book focused on Pol Pot's rise to power . In this long awaited sequel , Kiernan describes what happened once Pol Pot was in power , from 1975 to 1979. Its ...
... Kiernan. More praise for Ben Kiernan's The Pol Pot Regime " Ben Kiernan's first book focused on Pol Pot's rise to power . In this long awaited sequel , Kiernan describes what happened once Pol Pot was in power , from 1975 to 1979. Its ...
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... Kiernan. surgency.17 After the rebels defeated Sihanouk's successor , Lon Nol in , 1975 , the Cpk named Samphan the new head of state the next year . He also held im- portant party posts under the code name Hem . When Vietnamese forces ...
... Kiernan. surgency.17 After the rebels defeated Sihanouk's successor , Lon Nol in , 1975 , the Cpk named Samphan the new head of state the next year . He also held im- portant party posts under the code name Hem . When Vietnamese forces ...
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... Kiernan. ever , like most Cambodians , Sihanouk has since seen everything , whereas Samphan appears to have learned little . Having abandoned his parliamentary seat for the jungle in 1967 , he seems to have emerged thirty - two years ...
... Kiernan. ever , like most Cambodians , Sihanouk has since seen everything , whereas Samphan appears to have learned little . Having abandoned his parliamentary seat for the jungle in 1967 , he seems to have emerged thirty - two years ...
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... Kiernan. The CPK Political Hierarchy : The Standing Committee of the CPK Central Committee , 1975-79 ( continued ) Rank , Name , and Life Dates Aliases CPK Positions DK Positions Remarks 8. Son Sen , 1930-98 Khieu Standing Committee ...
... Kiernan. The CPK Political Hierarchy : The Standing Committee of the CPK Central Committee , 1975-79 ( continued ) Rank , Name , and Life Dates Aliases CPK Positions DK Positions Remarks 8. Son Sen , 1930-98 Khieu Standing Committee ...
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... Kiernan. party ranking is unknown but lower ) . In tandem with their Cpk roles , these five suspects also held leading positions in the DK government of 1975-79 . They were president of the People's Assembly ( Nuon Chea ) , president of ...
... Kiernan. party ranking is unknown but lower ) . In tandem with their Cpk roles , these five suspects also held leading positions in the DK government of 1975-79 . They were president of the People's Assembly ( Nuon Chea ) , president of ...
Contents
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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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