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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... forces overthrew the DK regime in 1979 , he too fled with Pol Pot to the Thai 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 ...
... forces overthrew the DK regime in 1979 , he too fled with Pol Pot to the Thai 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 ...
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... 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 arrested 12 Feb. 1977 ; exe- cuted ...
... 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 arrested 12 Feb. 1977 ; exe- cuted ...
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... 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 wife Yun Yat , the DK minister of culture , and a dozen of their family members . The ...
... 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 wife Yun Yat , the DK minister of culture , and a dozen of their family members . The ...
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... Force . The head of the district security forces claimed that " American slaves " were iden- tifiable because they " had milk to drink . " 5 The fate of the sixty - eight White Scarves showed the colors of the Pol Pot regime . Its two ...
... Force . The head of the district security forces claimed that " American slaves " were iden- tifiable because they " had milk to drink . " 5 The fate of the sixty - eight White Scarves showed the colors of the Pol Pot regime . Its two ...
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... force a violent con- to his whereabouts . ( See Kiernan , How Pol Pot , pp . 198 , 241 n.135 . ) No evidence suggests that Sihanouk's police were solely responsible . David Chandler ... forces or a political break with Hanoi 14. Introduction.
... force a violent con- to his whereabouts . ( See Kiernan , How Pol Pot , pp . 198 , 241 n.135 . ) No evidence suggests that Sihanouk's police were solely responsible . David Chandler ... forces or a political break with Hanoi 14. Introduction.
Contents
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CHAPTER EIGHT Power Politics 197677 | 313 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN The End of the Pol Pot Regime | 440 |
Select Bibliography | 467 |
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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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