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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... district , fighting had broken out with Vietnamese troops across the border . A local DK village chief announced that " Cambodian forces were attacking and were going to liberate Kampuchea Krom . " The troops pen- etrated ten kilometers ...
... district , fighting had broken out with Vietnamese troops across the border . A local DK village chief announced that " Cambodian forces were attacking and were going to liberate Kampuchea Krom . " The troops pen- etrated ten kilometers ...
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... district committee member in Region 21 , attended the meeting . In 1991 he agreed with Sin Song that there were eight points . He started his list with five of the first six points recalled by Song ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and 6 ) . He added ...
... district committee member in Region 21 , attended the meeting . In 1991 he agreed with Sin Song that there were eight points . He started his list with five of the first six points recalled by Song ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and 6 ) . He added ...
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... district office and , on So Phim's instructions , took to the forest with several hundred Eastern Zone comrades . Three truckloads of soldiers came looking for him , burnt down his house and barn , and threw three village boys into a ...
... district office and , on So Phim's instructions , took to the forest with several hundred Eastern Zone comrades . Three truckloads of soldiers came looking for him , burnt down his house and barn , and threw three village boys into a ...
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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
Angkar April arrested arrived August Author's interview Bangkok Post base Battambang border Boua Brother Cambodia Center Chandler Chhouk chief China Chinese commander communist CPK secretary December Democratic Kampuchea deputy Deuch district document Eastern Zone enemy ethnic evacuated executed families forces former Genocide Hanoi Heder Heng Samrin Hou Yuon hundred Ieng Sary January July Kampot Kampuchea Krom Khieu Samphan Khmer Krom Khmer Rouge Kiernan killed Kirivong Koh Kong Kompong Cham leaders Lon Nol March Mekong military months Northern Zone Northwest November Nuon Chea October officials party peasants Phim Phnom Penh Phnom Penh Radio Pol Pot Pol Pot Plans political population Pot's Preah Prey Veng prison province Pursat recalls refugees regime Region 25 reported revolution rice Santebal says September 1980 Sihanouk soldiers Southwest Zone subdistrict Svay Takeo Thai Thailand thousand Thuon told tons troops Tuol Sleng Vickery Vietnam Vietnamese village Vorn Vet workers