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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... Vietnam Voice of Democratic Kampuchea Vietnam Workers ' Party ( 1951-76 ) Glossary Angkar Angkar Loeu chalat damban hakkem Khmer Krahom Khmer Xxxviii Acronyms •
... Vietnam Voice of Democratic Kampuchea Vietnam Workers ' Party ( 1951-76 ) Glossary Angkar Angkar Loeu chalat damban hakkem Khmer Krahom Khmer Xxxviii Acronyms •
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... Vietnam . In their American uniforms they looked like troops of the defeated Saigon regime . It was April , the hottest time of the year in Cambodia , and they must have been relieved to get there . Dressed in khaki uniforms and U.S. ...
... Vietnam . In their American uniforms they looked like troops of the defeated Saigon regime . It was April , the hottest time of the year in Cambodia , and they must have been relieved to get there . Dressed in khaki uniforms and U.S. ...
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... Vietnam . Relatives left behind were singled out for punishment.3 It was not long before the White Scarves received their reply from Phnom Penh . Their leader was discreetly taken aside . Then his troops were loaded onto seven small ...
... Vietnam . Relatives left behind were singled out for punishment.3 It was not long before the White Scarves received their reply from Phnom Penh . Their leader was discreetly taken aside . Then his troops were loaded onto seven small ...
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... Vietnam.25 For the future of Cambodia , the most important of these new nationalists were two Khmer Krom , named Son Ngoc Minh and Tou Samouth . Both had started their careers as monks , and while studying in Phnom Penh they par ...
... Vietnam.25 For the future of Cambodia , the most important of these new nationalists were two Khmer Krom , named Son Ngoc Minh and Tou Samouth . Both had started their careers as monks , and while studying in Phnom Penh they par ...
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... Vietnam , " in Jayne S. Werner and Luu Doan Huynh , eds . , The Vietnam War : Vietnamese and American Perspectives , Armonk , New York : M. E. Sharpe , 1993 , pp . 219-21 . In March 1965 , the U.S. chief of staff in Vietnam , General ...
... Vietnam , " in Jayne S. Werner and Luu Doan Huynh , eds . , The Vietnam War : Vietnamese and American Perspectives , Armonk , New York : M. E. Sharpe , 1993 , pp . 219-21 . In March 1965 , the U.S. chief of staff in Vietnam , General ...
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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