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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... Vorn Vet ) , number 5 in the party hierarchy . In 1997 , Pol Pot killed Son Sen ( number 8 ) . The next year , the DK 27. Ibid . , 100-101 . 28. David P. Chandler , The Tragedy of Cambodian History , New Haven : Yale University Press ...
... Vorn Vet ) , number 5 in the party hierarchy . In 1997 , Pol Pot killed Son Sen ( number 8 ) . The next year , the DK 27. Ibid . , 100-101 . 28. David P. Chandler , The Tragedy of Cambodian History , New Haven : Yale University Press ...
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... Vorn Vet Minister for the Economy , 1976-79 Dec. 1978 6. Moul Ros Nhim Sambath Secretary , Northwest Second Vice Zone arrested 11 President , State Presidium June 1978 ; executed 7. Ek Choeun , 1926-2006 Mok , “ Ta 15 , ” Secretary ...
... Vorn Vet Minister for the Economy , 1976-79 Dec. 1978 6. Moul Ros Nhim Sambath Secretary , Northwest Second Vice Zone arrested 11 President , State Presidium June 1978 ; executed 7. Ek Choeun , 1926-2006 Mok , “ Ta 15 , ” Secretary ...
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... veteran Issaraks returned home after a sixteen- year absence . Working with them and with Sihanouk's supporters , Viet- namese communists successfully mobilized Khmer peasant support for the second time since World War II.36 32. Vorn Vet ...
... veteran Issaraks returned home after a sixteen- year absence . Working with them and with Sihanouk's supporters , Viet- namese communists successfully mobilized Khmer peasant support for the second time since World War II.36 32. Vorn Vet ...
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... Vorn Vet . The other two were killed after 1975 , when the Southwest became the stronghold of the Pol Pot regime and Mok went on to purge all other Zones in the country . During the 1973 bombardment , a similar process occurred at the ...
... Vorn Vet . The other two were killed after 1975 , when the Southwest became the stronghold of the Pol Pot regime and Mok went on to purge all other Zones in the country . During the 1973 bombardment , a similar process occurred at the ...
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... veteran revolutionary , the 173rd's Chan Chakrey . Samrin was his deputy . The 2nd Zone Division , commanded by ... Vorn Vet and Son Sen. The 12th , which included women's battalions , commanded by Nath , had launched rocket attacks ...
... veteran revolutionary , the 173rd's Chan Chakrey . Samrin was his deputy . The 2nd Zone Division , commanded by ... Vorn Vet and Son Sen. The 12th , which included women's battalions , commanded by Nath , had launched rocket attacks ...
Contents
31 | |
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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