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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... Mekong 22 32 Phnom Penh PREY VENG KOMPONG SPEU 25 37 Gull NDAL SWAY RIENG 24 of Thailand SW 23 TAKEO 13 35 101 BAIAN KH 102 NE MONDUL KIRI 105 107 Legend Zor Bvdary Bossenal Di where deteres wat haa } FUDOZREŠ Boundary.
... Mekong 22 32 Phnom Penh PREY VENG KOMPONG SPEU 25 37 Gull NDAL SWAY RIENG 24 of Thailand SW 23 TAKEO 13 35 101 BAIAN KH 102 NE MONDUL KIRI 105 107 Legend Zor Bvdary Bossenal Di where deteres wat haa } FUDOZREŠ Boundary.
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... 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 Vietnamese , Cambodians , and UN peacekeepers ...
... 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 Vietnamese , Cambodians , and UN peacekeepers ...
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... Mekong plain stretched for miles in every direction , broken only by a few hillocks , their rocky slopes plunging into ring- shaped verdant oases of fruit trees and coconut palms . Here were Cambodian villages . The newcomers headed for ...
... Mekong plain stretched for miles in every direction , broken only by a few hillocks , their rocky slopes plunging into ring- shaped verdant oases of fruit trees and coconut palms . Here were Cambodian villages . The newcomers headed for ...
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... Mekong River poured silt into the ocean near what is now Cam- bodia's northern border . The silt gradually filled up the bay , and Cambodia emerged , a country so flat that what had once been islands still stand out prominently as ...
... Mekong River poured silt into the ocean near what is now Cam- bodia's northern border . The silt gradually filled up the bay , and Cambodia emerged , a country so flat that what had once been islands still stand out prominently as ...
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... Mekong and on to the sea . Fisherfolk dam the Tonle Sap river with massive nets at one - kilometer intervals . At full moon the nets are drawn up , the air comes to life , and the city flaps for days . " Elephants fished from the water ...
... Mekong and on to the sea . Fisherfolk dam the Tonle Sap river with massive nets at one - kilometer intervals . At full moon the nets are drawn up , the air comes to life , and the city flaps for days . " Elephants fished from the water ...
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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