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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... executed Vorn Vet Minister for the Economy , 1976-79 Dec. 1978 6. Moul Ros Nhim Sambath Secretary , Northwest Second Vice Zone arrested 11 President , State Presidium June 1978 ; executed 7. Ek Choeun , 1926-2006 Mok , “ Ta 15 ...
... executed Vorn Vet Minister for the Economy , 1976-79 Dec. 1978 6. Moul Ros Nhim Sambath Secretary , Northwest Second Vice Zone arrested 11 President , State Presidium June 1978 ; executed 7. Ek Choeun , 1926-2006 Mok , “ Ta 15 ...
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... 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 arrested 12 Feb. 1977 ; exe- cuted continued The CPK Political Hierarchy ...
... 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 arrested 12 Feb. 1977 ; exe- cuted continued The CPK Political Hierarchy ...
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... executed 1978 Plantations executed 1979 arrested Aug. 1978 ; exe- cuted arrested 15 Mar. 1978 ; exe- cuted Commandant , S - 21 jailed Apr. 1999 ; central prison , 1976-79 charged with crimes against humanity , 31 July 2007 armed forces ...
... executed 1978 Plantations executed 1979 arrested Aug. 1978 ; exe- cuted arrested 15 Mar. 1978 ; exe- cuted Commandant , S - 21 jailed Apr. 1999 ; central prison , 1976-79 charged with crimes against humanity , 31 July 2007 armed forces ...
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... executed.72 In the Northern Zone of the country , where Pol Pot was based , B - 52s struck Stung Kambot village one morning in February 1973. They killed fifty villagers and seriously wounded thirty others . Then , in March , B - 52s ...
... executed.72 In the Northern Zone of the country , where Pol Pot was based , B - 52s struck Stung Kambot village one morning in February 1973. They killed fifty villagers and seriously wounded thirty others . Then , in March , B - 52s ...
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... executed on the spot . The Khmer Rouge calmly ordered him to remove his military uni- form , leave his truck , and go home . That scene reassured me . " However , soon a second wave of Khmer Rouge arrived " from the Southwest , " and ...
... executed on the spot . The Khmer Rouge calmly ordered him to remove his military uni- form , leave his truck , and go home . That scene reassured me . " However , soon a second wave of Khmer Rouge arrived " from the Southwest , " and ...
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