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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Page xvii
... chief of state . Samphan was shocked ( shocked ! ) to discover them now . He expected sym- pathy from the surviving victims of the regime he had headed . Though based at Cpk headquarters in 1975 , Samphan claims that after the seizure ...
... chief of state . Samphan was shocked ( shocked ! ) to discover them now . He expected sym- pathy from the surviving victims of the regime he had headed . Though based at Cpk headquarters in 1975 , Samphan claims that after the seizure ...
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... Chief of General Staff , armed forces , 1977-98 arrested June 1978 ; executed charged with crimes against humanity , 12 Nov. 2007 ; arrested 14 Nov. 2007 executed by Pol Pot , June 1997 died of illness in Phnom Penh , 15 Feb. 2002 ...
... Chief of General Staff , armed forces , 1977-98 arrested June 1978 ; executed charged with crimes against humanity , 12 Nov. 2007 ; arrested 14 Nov. 2007 executed by Pol Pot , June 1997 died of illness in Phnom Penh , 15 Feb. 2002 ...
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... chief from 1975 to 1979. In the jungle of northern Cambodia , as the last military forces still loyal to Pol Pot fled their headquarters at Anlong Veng , they drove their trucks over the bodies of their final victims : Son Sen , his ...
... chief from 1975 to 1979. In the jungle of northern Cambodia , as the last military forces still loyal to Pol Pot fled their headquarters at Anlong Veng , they drove their trucks over the bodies of their final victims : Son Sen , his ...
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... chief said implicates up to 30 comrades , " Reuters , Phnom Penh , 27 April 1999 . 9. United Nations , AS , General Assembly , Security Council , A / 53 / 850 , S / 1999 / 231 , March 16 , 1999 , Annex , Report of the Group of Experts ...
... chief said implicates up to 30 comrades , " Reuters , Phnom Penh , 27 April 1999 . 9. United Nations , AS , General Assembly , Security Council , A / 53 / 850 , S / 1999 / 231 , March 16 , 1999 , Annex , Report of the Group of Experts ...
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... chief , Ngaol . They listened to the newcomers ' story and asked them what they wanted . Replying in his native Khmer , the commander told Ngaol he wished to see " brother Khieu Samphan , " the new president of " Democratic Kampuchea ...
... chief , Ngaol . They listened to the newcomers ' story and asked them what they wanted . Replying in his native Khmer , the commander told Ngaol he wished to see " brother Khieu Samphan , " the new president of " Democratic Kampuchea ...
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 |
Common terms and phrases
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