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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... 1980 , the British writer Anthony Barnett visited Phnom Penh and brought back an extensive set of photocopies ... Sep- tember 1999 ; Nic Dunlop and Nate Thayer , " The Confession , " Far Eastern Economic Review , 2 May 1999 . 8. See p . 452 ...
... 1980 , the British writer Anthony Barnett visited Phnom Penh and brought back an extensive set of photocopies ... Sep- tember 1999 ; Nic Dunlop and Nate Thayer , " The Confession , " Far Eastern Economic Review , 2 May 1999 . 8. See p . 452 ...
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... 1980 , pp . 649-50 , 669-76 . The mag- azine cover displays a report to Deuch detailing the torture of the prisoner ... September 1981 , p . 3 . 15. Nouvel Observateur , 17-23 November 1991 , quoted in Kiernan , Genocide and Democracy in ...
... 1980 , pp . 649-50 , 669-76 . The mag- azine cover displays a report to Deuch detailing the torture of the prisoner ... September 1981 , p . 3 . 15. Nouvel Observateur , 17-23 November 1991 , quoted in Kiernan , Genocide and Democracy in ...
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... September 1970 , pp . 4 , 6 . 59. B. Baczynskyj , " Bombing Turns Cambodian Villagers into Refugees , " Asian Reports , 21 February 1972 . 60. Author's interviews with Yan and others , O Reang Au , 6 October 1980 . according to peasants ...
... September 1970 , pp . 4 , 6 . 59. B. Baczynskyj , " Bombing Turns Cambodian Villagers into Refugees , " Asian Reports , 21 February 1972 . 60. Author's interviews with Yan and others , O Reang Au , 6 October 1980 . according to peasants ...
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... 1980 . 49. Author's interview with Lor Chandara , Phnom Penh , 21 September 1980. This " Eastern group , " Chandara says , had come from Tuol Kork in the western part of the city . But Ping Ling provides corroboration that Eastern Zone ...
... 1980 . 49. Author's interview with Lor Chandara , Phnom Penh , 21 September 1980. This " Eastern group , " Chandara says , had come from Tuol Kork in the western part of the city . But Ping Ling provides corroboration that Eastern Zone ...
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... September 1980 . 54. Author's interview with Chhin Phoeun , Kong Pisei , 17 September 1980 . 55. May , Cambodian Witness , p . 107 . 56. One man recalled the night of 17 April : " The town was very quiet , everyone was in their houses ...
... September 1980 . 54. Author's interview with Chhin Phoeun , Kong Pisei , 17 September 1980 . 55. May , Cambodian Witness , p . 107 . 56. One man recalled the night of 17 April : " The town was very quiet , everyone was in their houses ...
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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