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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... border , where he joined Nuon Chea , Ieng Sary , Khieu Thirith , and Deuch . Soon after Pol Pot's death in 1998 , Samphan and Nuon Chea surrendered to the Cambo- dian government , but until 2007 they continued to live in impunity in a ...
... border , where he joined Nuon Chea , Ieng Sary , Khieu Thirith , and Deuch . Soon after Pol Pot's death in 1998 , Samphan and Nuon Chea surrendered to the Cambo- dian government , but until 2007 they continued to live in impunity in a ...
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... border . That racialized emotion is certainly genuine . As late as 1992 , Samphan threatened more ethnic violence , recalling the Lon Nol regime's 1970 mas- sacres when the Mekong River became choked with the bodies of ethnic Viet- 28 ...
... border . That racialized emotion is certainly genuine . As late as 1992 , Samphan threatened more ethnic violence , recalling the Lon Nol regime's 1970 mas- sacres when the Mekong River became choked with the bodies of ethnic Viet- 28 ...
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... border . In December 1998 , the top surviving Khmer Rouge leaders — Nuon Chea , formerly deputy party secretary under Pol Pot , and Khieu Samphan , former DK head of state — abandoned Mok's border hideout and surrendered to the ...
... border . In December 1998 , the top surviving Khmer Rouge leaders — Nuon Chea , formerly deputy party secretary under Pol Pot , and Khieu Samphan , former DK head of state — abandoned Mok's border hideout and surrendered to the ...
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... border from southern 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 ...
... border from southern 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 ...
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... border into 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 ...
... border into 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 ...
Contents
31 | |
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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