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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... hundred refugees in France with those of four hundred Cambo- dians interviewed in their homes and workplaces in their own country . As many again told me their stories more informally . Some requested anonymity . Most cannot safely be ...
... hundred refugees in France with those of four hundred Cambo- dians interviewed in their homes and workplaces in their own country . As many again told me their stories more informally . Some requested anonymity . Most cannot safely be ...
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... hundred monks from all but one of Phnom Penh's pagodas and two thousand civilian supporters poured onto the streets of the sleepy capital . A Japanese plane flew over the crowd in an appar- ent show of support.24 Otherwise Tokyo did ...
... hundred monks from all but one of Phnom Penh's pagodas and two thousand civilian supporters poured onto the streets of the sleepy capital . A Japanese plane flew over the crowd in an appar- ent show of support.24 Otherwise Tokyo did ...
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... hundreds of our people " had already died in American attacks.44 The U.S. intervention in Vietnam also produced a ... hundred others claimed : " Our 39. For the data , see L. Summers , " Introduction , " in Khieu Samphan , Cambodia's ...
... hundreds of our people " had already died in American attacks.44 The U.S. intervention in Vietnam also produced a ... hundred others claimed : " Our 39. For the data , see L. Summers , " Introduction , " in Khieu Samphan , Cambodia's ...
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... hundred Buddhist monks , fled South Vietnam for Cambodia.45 Since the early 1960s , U.S. Special Forces teams , too , had been making secret reconnaissance and mine - laying incursions into Cambodian territory . In 1967 and 1968 , in ...
... hundred Buddhist monks , fled South Vietnam for Cambodia.45 Since the early 1960s , U.S. Special Forces teams , too , had been making secret reconnaissance and mine - laying incursions into Cambodian territory . In 1967 and 1968 , in ...
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... hundred more B - 52s . This was appalling . You couldn't even figure out where you were going to put them all . " 55 The early bombing had been disastrous enough . In 1970 a combined U.S. aerial and tank attack in Kompong Cham province ...
... hundred more B - 52s . This was appalling . You couldn't even figure out where you were going to put them all . " 55 The early bombing had been disastrous enough . In 1970 a combined U.S. aerial and tank attack in Kompong Cham province ...
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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