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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... March 1998 , the former DK deputy army commander , Ke Pauk , led a new mutiny against Mok and defected to the government . The next month , as the various factions slugged it out , Pol Pot died in his sleep . He may have committed ...
... March 1998 , the former DK deputy army commander , Ke Pauk , led a new mutiny against Mok and defected to the government . The next month , as the various factions slugged it out , Pol Pot died in his sleep . He may have committed ...
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... March 16 , 1999 , Annex , Report of the Group of Experts for Cambodia established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 52/135 , pp . 19-20 , 57. The UN experts also concluded that the Khmer Rouge regime had committed " war crimes ...
... March 16 , 1999 , Annex , Report of the Group of Experts for Cambodia established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 52/135 , pp . 19-20 , 57. The UN experts also concluded that the Khmer Rouge regime had committed " war crimes ...
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... March of that year , in September the French tried to reestablish control . But the nationalist genie had escaped from the bottle . Pressure had been building . When the French arrested two Buddhist monks for preaching nationalist ...
... March of that year , in September the French tried to reestablish control . But the nationalist genie had escaped from the bottle . Pressure had been building . When the French arrested two Buddhist monks for preaching nationalist ...
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... March 1970 , the Vietnam War engulfed the country . The prince was overthrown by General Lon Nol , who enjoyed American support.35 From exile in Beijing , Sihanouk now aligned himself with the continuing insurgency . And from their own ...
... March 1970 , the Vietnam War engulfed the country . The prince was overthrown by General Lon Nol , who enjoyed American support.35 From exile in Beijing , Sihanouk now aligned himself with the continuing insurgency . And from their own ...
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... March 1970 coup against Sihanouk , over a thousand more had been mounted . In a total of 1,835 missions , twenty - four prisoners were taken , and an unknown number of people were killed or wounded by the " sanitized self - destruct ...
... March 1970 coup against Sihanouk , over a thousand more had been mounted . In a total of 1,835 missions , twenty - four prisoners were taken , and an unknown number of people were killed or wounded by the " sanitized self - destruct ...
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 |
Common terms and phrases
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