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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... arrived , headed by the subdistrict chief , Ngaol . They listened to the newcomers ' story and asked them what they ... arrival . They all sat down to a hearty meal . Khieu Samphan was busy . Following Prince Norodom Sihanouk's resigna ...
... arrived , headed by the subdistrict chief , Ngaol . They listened to the newcomers ' story and asked them what they ... arrival . They all sat down to a hearty meal . Khieu Samphan was busy . Following Prince Norodom Sihanouk's resigna ...
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... arrived asking for the official biography of King Sihanouk . Suong sent back advice : Don't get involved in politics . But Pol Pot was already a member of the Cambodian section of the French Communist Party , then in its Stalinist ...
... arrived asking for the official biography of King Sihanouk . Suong sent back advice : Don't get involved in politics . But Pol Pot was already a member of the Cambodian section of the French Communist Party , then in its Stalinist ...
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... arrived at Tuol Tampuong market . As people lined the streets to watch , the troops quickly moved to block off all roads , pre- venting access to the western part of the city . Transgressors risked being shot . Forced evacuation to the ...
... arrived at Tuol Tampuong market . As people lined the streets to watch , the troops quickly moved to block off all roads , pre- venting access to the western part of the city . Transgressors risked being shot . Forced evacuation to the ...
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... arrived " from the Southwest , " and began ordering the evacuation of the city.26 Events became even more chaotic . Not long after 9 A.m. , a self - proclaimed army general named Hem Keth Dara , brother of a Lon Nol official , arrived ...
... arrived " from the Southwest , " and began ordering the evacuation of the city.26 Events became even more chaotic . Not long after 9 A.m. , a self - proclaimed army general named Hem Keth Dara , brother of a Lon Nol official , arrived ...
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... arrived in Prek Phneou suffering from a bullet wound . He told Sameth that her cousin and all the others were dead , and he advised them to move on quickly , since all their names were being recorded . He said that when his group was ...
... arrived in Prek Phneou suffering from a bullet wound . He told Sameth that her cousin and all the others were dead , and he advised them to move on quickly , since all their names were being recorded . He said that when his group was ...
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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