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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... Santebal , read through the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention and underlined passages that might be used to prosecute him , including the defi- nition of the crime , its " intent " requirement , and the sections asserting that ...
... Santebal , read through the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention and underlined passages that might be used to prosecute him , including the defi- nition of the crime , its " intent " requirement , and the sections asserting that ...
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... Santebal , detailing the roles of Son Sen and the others from Pol Pot down , would come to light in 1996 and be published in the same way . Until then , Nuon Chea , Deuch , Ieng Sary , and Khieu Thirith certainly had little expectation ...
... Santebal , detailing the roles of Son Sen and the others from Pol Pot down , would come to light in 1996 and be published in the same way . Until then , Nuon Chea , Deuch , Ieng Sary , and Khieu Thirith certainly had little expectation ...
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... Santebal in April 1977. A Cpk torturer wrote to Deuch : " we whipped him four or five times to break his stand , before taking him to be stuffed with water . " Samphan declared over the radio : " We must wipe out the enemy . . . neatly ...
... Santebal in April 1977. A Cpk torturer wrote to Deuch : " we whipped him four or five times to break his stand , before taking him to be stuffed with water . " Samphan declared over the radio : " We must wipe out the enemy . . . neatly ...
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... Santebal . ' For exam- ple , a handwritten document dated April 17 , 1978 , includes a list of names of relatives and associates of a prisoner named San Eap . The commander of Zone 801 sent the list to " Committee 870 , " a title ...
... Santebal . ' For exam- ple , a handwritten document dated April 17 , 1978 , includes a list of names of relatives and associates of a prisoner named San Eap . The commander of Zone 801 sent the list to " Committee 870 , " a title ...
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... Santebal ( security ) cadre , entry dated 18 August 1978 , says : " In 1975 we killed the contemptible Hou Yuon . " 126. See Far Eastern Economic Review , 13 May 1977 , p . 5 ; St. Louis Post - Dispatch , 15 January 1979 , p . 7B . 127 ...
... Santebal ( security ) cadre , entry dated 18 August 1978 , says : " In 1975 we killed the contemptible Hou Yuon . " 126. See Far Eastern Economic Review , 13 May 1977 , p . 5 ; St. Louis Post - Dispatch , 15 January 1979 , p . 7B . 127 ...
Contents
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CHAPTER EIGHT Power Politics 197677 | 313 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN The End of the Pol Pot Regime | 440 |
Select Bibliography | 467 |
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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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