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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... 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 strength lies in its wealth of detailed ...
... 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 strength lies in its wealth of detailed ...
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... Pol Pot . He never publicly admitted he was Saloth Sar . A 1977 official biography gave his year of birth as 1925 , but falsely claimed that " Pol Pot " had been a farmer , altogether omitting his childhood in the palace and Phnom Penh ...
... Pol Pot . He never publicly admitted he was Saloth Sar . A 1977 official biography gave his year of birth as 1925 , but falsely claimed that " Pol Pot " had been a farmer , altogether omitting his childhood in the palace and Phnom Penh ...
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... Pol Pot now claimed to have reached DK's official " retirement age " of sixty . Few believed that the Khmer Rouge had ever adopted a mandatory retirement age . Anyway , Pol Pot's mar- riage certificate had suggested he was now only ...
... Pol Pot now claimed to have reached DK's official " retirement age " of sixty . Few believed that the Khmer Rouge had ever adopted a mandatory retirement age . Anyway , Pol Pot's mar- riage certificate had suggested he was now only ...
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... Pol Pot's deputy Nuon Chea lashed out at Kang Khek lev , alias Deuch , former commandant of the Khmer Rouge secret prison and extermination center , code - named S - 21 . From 1976 to 1979 , Deuch had run the prison , located at the ...
... Pol Pot's deputy Nuon Chea lashed out at Kang Khek lev , alias Deuch , former commandant of the Khmer Rouge secret prison and extermination center , code - named S - 21 . From 1976 to 1979 , Deuch had run the prison , located at the ...
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... Pol Pot's former deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ieng Sary ( whose real name was Kim Trang but who also used the Khmer Rouge code name Van ) . Sary quickly admitted that the documents were genuine.11 His wife , Khieu Thirith ...
... Pol Pot's former deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ieng Sary ( whose real name was Kim Trang but who also used the Khmer Rouge code name Van ) . Sary quickly admitted that the documents were genuine.11 His wife , Khieu Thirith ...
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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