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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... former commandant of the Khmer Rouge secret prison and extermination center , code - named S - 21 . From 1976 to 1979 , Deuch had run the prison , located at the former Tuol Sleng high school in Phnom Penh , over- seeing the torture and ...
... former commandant of the Khmer Rouge secret prison and extermination center , code - named S - 21 . From 1976 to 1979 , Deuch had run the prison , located at the former Tuol Sleng high school in Phnom Penh , over- seeing the torture and ...
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... former deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ieng Sary ( whose real name was Kim Trang but who also used the Khmer Rouge code name Van ) . Sary quickly admitted that the documents were genuine.11 His wife , Khieu Thirith , sister ...
... former deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ieng Sary ( whose real name was Kim Trang but who also used the Khmer Rouge code name Van ) . Sary quickly admitted that the documents were genuine.11 His wife , Khieu Thirith , sister ...
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... former DK head of state appeared to be saying , " Don't Blame Me , It Was My Prime Minister . " The memoir's glossy Khmer - language edition was lavish for a Cambodian paperback , with full - color photographs of Samphan sporting ...
... former DK head of state appeared to be saying , " Don't Blame Me , It Was My Prime Minister . " The memoir's glossy Khmer - language edition was lavish for a Cambodian paperback , with full - color photographs of Samphan sporting ...
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... former brother - in- law and deputy prime minister , Ieng Sary , defected to the Cambodian gov- ernment of Hun Sen ... former accomplices quickly subjected Pol Pot to a show trial in the jungle for the murder of Son Sen. But in March ...
... former brother - in- law and deputy prime minister , Ieng Sary , defected to the Cambodian gov- ernment of Hun Sen ... former accomplices quickly subjected Pol Pot to a show trial in the jungle for the murder of Son Sen. But in March ...
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... former mem- ber , " utilized only ethnic Cambodians in its operations , which were designed to gather tactical intelligence from deep inside Cambodia . " 47 Starting exactly a year before the coup ( on 18 March 1969 ) , over thirty ...
... former mem- ber , " utilized only ethnic Cambodians in its operations , which were designed to gather tactical intelligence from deep inside Cambodia . " 47 Starting exactly a year before the coup ( on 18 March 1969 ) , over thirty ...
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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