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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... evacuation of the city . While others like Hou Yuon had op- posed that order of Pol Pot's ( see below , pp . 33 , 59-61 ) , Samphan calls it something " I was not expecting at all . " Meanwhile the Cpk had forcibly col- lectivized the ...
... evacuation of the city . While others like Hou Yuon had op- posed that order of Pol Pot's ( see below , pp . 33 , 59-61 ) , Samphan calls it something " I was not expecting at all . " Meanwhile the Cpk had forcibly col- lectivized the ...
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... evacuated , hospitals cleared , schools closed , factories emptied , money abolished , monasteries shut , libraries scattered . For nearly four years freedom of the press , of movement , of worship , of organization , and of asso ...
... evacuated , hospitals cleared , schools closed , factories emptied , money abolished , monasteries shut , libraries scattered . For nearly four years freedom of the press , of movement , of worship , of organization , and of asso ...
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... evacuated Battambang and Phnom Penh , Cpk forces told the urban populations that the exodus was necessary because " American B - 52s " were about to bomb the city . The second phase of the Cambodian tragedy had begun . The Key Issues ...
... evacuated Battambang and Phnom Penh , Cpk forces told the urban populations that the exodus was necessary because " American B - 52s " were about to bomb the city . The second phase of the Cambodian tragedy had begun . The Key Issues ...
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... evacuation of the capital was another matter . " Hou Yuon struggled against it . He got up and said that it was not the right situation to evacuate the people from the cities . At that time , Pol Pot accused Hou Yuon of not agreeing to ...
... evacuation of the capital was another matter . " Hou Yuon struggled against it . He got up and said that it was not the right situation to evacuate the people from the cities . At that time , Pol Pot accused Hou Yuon of not agreeing to ...
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... evacuated . " 14 A senior Southwest Zone cadre recalled in 1980 that the evacuation of Phnom Penh " had been a long - standing plan . " However , it was promulgated to the troops only " about ten days before the liberation . " He partly ...
... evacuated . " 14 A senior Southwest Zone cadre recalled in 1980 that the evacuation of Phnom Penh " had been a long - standing plan . " However , it was promulgated to the troops only " about ten days before the liberation . " He partly ...
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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