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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Page ix
... leaders of the defunct Pol Pot regime had committed serious crimes " as part of a common criminal plan constituting a systematic and unlawful denial of basic rights of the Cambodian population and the targeted persecution of specific ...
... leaders of the defunct Pol Pot regime had committed serious crimes " as part of a common criminal plan constituting a systematic and unlawful denial of basic rights of the Cambodian population and the targeted persecution of specific ...
Page x
... leaders to pose as Cambodian na- tionalists and racial heroes . Rewriting their party's own history reinforced that xenophobic claim . Now in jail , the senior Khmer Rouge suspects appear to have resurrected racism and xenophobia ...
... leaders to pose as Cambodian na- tionalists and racial heroes . Rewriting their party's own history reinforced that xenophobic claim . Now in jail , the senior Khmer Rouge suspects appear to have resurrected racism and xenophobia ...
Page xi
... leaders and DK military remnants fled west and regrouped on the Thai border . Their anti - Vietnamese cause had already attracted U.S. sup- port for the Khmer Rouge , but Pol Pot's genocidal record quickly became an embarrassment to ...
... leaders and DK military remnants fled west and regrouped on the Thai border . Their anti - Vietnamese cause had already attracted U.S. sup- port for the Khmer Rouge , but Pol Pot's genocidal record quickly became an embarrassment to ...
Page xii
... leaders and troops , he insisted : " This strata of the imperialists had to be totally destroyed . " 5 Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army continued to wage war from the Thai border until defections and mu- tinies broke it up in 1996-98 . He ...
... leaders and troops , he insisted : " This strata of the imperialists had to be totally destroyed . " 5 Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army continued to wage war from the Thai border until defections and mu- tinies broke it up in 1996-98 . He ...
Page xiv
... leaders felt escalating pressure . In 1991 , Ieng Sary again responded defensively to accusations of genocide : " A Lie . . . I am human . I never thought I committed acts of genocide , I shall never recog- nize that . . . Yes , I ...
... leaders felt escalating pressure . In 1991 , Ieng Sary again responded defensively to accusations of genocide : " A Lie . . . I am human . I never thought I committed acts of genocide , I shall never recog- nize that . . . Yes , I ...
Contents
The Quest for Total Power | 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
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