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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... Lon Nol's Khmer Republic , before seizing full control of the country in April 1975. The party established the new regime of Demo- cratic Kampuchea ( DK ) and ruled Cambodia until 1979. While holding power as both Cpk general secretary ...
... Lon Nol's Khmer Republic , before seizing full control of the country in April 1975. The party established the new regime of Demo- cratic Kampuchea ( DK ) and ruled Cambodia until 1979. While holding power as both Cpk general secretary ...
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... prepared an insurrection . The next year Samphan took to the jungle at Pol Pot's instructions , joining his new Khmer Rouge in- surgency.17 After the rebels defeated Sihanouk's successor , Lon Nol Preface to the Third Edition • XV.
... prepared an insurrection . The next year Samphan took to the jungle at Pol Pot's instructions , joining his new Khmer Rouge in- surgency.17 After the rebels defeated Sihanouk's successor , Lon Nol Preface to the Third Edition • XV.
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... 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 overthrew the DK regime in 1979 , he too fled with Pol Pot to the Thai ...
... 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 overthrew the DK regime in 1979 , he too fled with Pol Pot to the Thai ...
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... Lon Nol's , and then Vietnam . Living in the forest , Samphan reflected in his memoir , had imposed " habits of isolation and lack of freedom of movement which were my lot . " In 2004 he still thought people would believe that patri ...
... Lon Nol's , and then Vietnam . Living in the forest , Samphan reflected in his memoir , had imposed " habits of isolation and lack of freedom of movement which were my lot . " In 2004 he still thought people would believe that patri ...
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... Lon Nol regime's 1970 mas- sacres when the Mekong River became choked with the bodies of ethnic Viet- 28 The nightmare of a recurrence , Samphan ominously warned the UN in 1992 , " might become a reality . " Khmer Rouge slaughter of ...
... Lon Nol regime's 1970 mas- sacres when the Mekong River became choked with the bodies of ethnic Viet- 28 The nightmare of a recurrence , Samphan ominously warned the UN in 1992 , " might become a reality . " Khmer Rouge slaughter 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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