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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... Party , 1973-75 65 CHAPTER FOUR Cleansing the Frontiers : Neighbors , Friends , and Enemies , 1975-76 102 Part II : Writing on the Slate , 1975-77 : The CPK Project CHAPTER FIVE An Indentured Agrarian State , 1975-77 ( 1 ) : The Base ...
... Party , 1973-75 65 CHAPTER FOUR Cleansing the Frontiers : Neighbors , Friends , and Enemies , 1975-76 102 Part II : Writing on the Slate , 1975-77 : The CPK Project CHAPTER FIVE An Indentured Agrarian State , 1975-77 ( 1 ) : The Base ...
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... party established the new regime of Demo- cratic Kampuchea ( DK ) and ruled Cambodia until 1979. While holding power as both Cpk general secretary and DK prime minister , Pol Pot oversaw nearly four years of genocide , crimes against ...
... party established the new regime of Demo- cratic Kampuchea ( DK ) and ruled Cambodia until 1979. While holding power as both Cpk general secretary and DK prime minister , Pol Pot oversaw nearly four years of genocide , crimes against ...
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... Party . Thus they excised their veteran predecessors from the Cpk's official history by changing its name in 1966 from Workers ' Party of Kampuchea , and a decade later , they rewrote its founding narrative by mov- ing the official date ...
... Party . Thus they excised their veteran predecessors from the Cpk's official history by changing its name in 1966 from Workers ' Party of Kampuchea , and a decade later , they rewrote its founding narrative by mov- ing the official date ...
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... Party , and he received his doctorate for an intelligent dissertation on economics at the University of Paris . Returning to Phnom Penh , he es- tablished a French - language weekly newspaper , and in 1962 Prince Si- hanouk selected him ...
... Party , and he received his doctorate for an intelligent dissertation on economics at the University of Paris . Returning to Phnom Penh , he es- tablished a French - language weekly newspaper , and in 1962 Prince Si- hanouk selected him ...
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... party posts under the code name Hem . When Vietnamese 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 ...
... party posts under the code name Hem . When Vietnamese 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 ...
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 |
Common terms and phrases
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