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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... Sihanouk , labeled the Khmers Rouges ( Cambodian Reds ) . Equally secretly , under their new shadowy leader then ... Sihanouk's Kingdom of 1. " Statement of the Co - Prosecutors , " Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambo- dia , 18 ...
... Sihanouk , labeled the Khmers Rouges ( Cambodian Reds ) . Equally secretly , under their new shadowy leader then ... Sihanouk's Kingdom of 1. " Statement of the Co - Prosecutors , " Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambo- dia , 18 ...
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... Sihanouk's independent Kingdom of Cambodia , a re- gime Sar was determined to overturn by revolution . One exception was Long Bunruot , a veteran communist educated in Thailand and Vietnam , who served beginning in 1962 as Sar's deputy ...
... Sihanouk's independent Kingdom of Cambodia , a re- gime Sar was determined to overturn by revolution . One exception was Long Bunruot , a veteran communist educated in Thailand and Vietnam , who served beginning in 1962 as Sar's deputy ...
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... insurrection . The next year Samphan took to the jungle at Pol Pot's instructions , joining his new Khmer Rouge in- surgency.17 After the rebels defeated Sihanouk's successor , Lon Nol Preface to the Third Edition • XV.
... insurrection . The next year Samphan took to the jungle at Pol Pot's instructions , joining his new Khmer Rouge in- surgency.17 After the rebels defeated Sihanouk's successor , Lon Nol Preface to the Third Edition • XV.
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... Sihanouk's successor , Lon Nol in , 1975 , the Cpk named Samphan the new head of state the next year . He also held ... Sihanouk troop ' were eastern- ers , " stressing that witnesses had termed them " Sihanouk troops . " But Samphan ...
... Sihanouk's successor , Lon Nol in , 1975 , the Cpk named Samphan the new head of state the next year . He also held ... Sihanouk troop ' were eastern- ers , " stressing that witnesses had termed them " Sihanouk troops . " But Samphan ...
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... Sihanouk has since seen everything , whereas Samphan appears to have learned little . Having abandoned his ... Sihanouk's regime , then Lon Nol's , and then Vietnam . Living in the forest , Samphan reflected in his memoir , had imposed ...
... Sihanouk has since seen everything , whereas Samphan appears to have learned little . Having abandoned his ... Sihanouk's regime , then Lon Nol's , and then Vietnam . Living in the forest , Samphan reflected in his memoir , had imposed ...
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 |
Common terms and phrases
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