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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... recalling the Lon Nol regime's 1970 mas- sacres when the Mekong River became choked with the bodies of ethnic Viet ... recalls a key turning point in Samphan's earlier career . For his 1963 economic reform campaign , Samphan had won a ...
... recalling the Lon Nol regime's 1970 mas- sacres when the Mekong River became choked with the bodies of ethnic Viet ... recalls a key turning point in Samphan's earlier career . For his 1963 economic reform campaign , Samphan had won a ...
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... recalls : " Some Cham villages completely disappeared ; only two or three people remained . We were persecuted much more than Khmers . " Half a 1. Khieu Samphan on Phnom Penh Radio , 15 April 1976 , in U.S. Central Intelligence Agency ...
... recalls : " Some Cham villages completely disappeared ; only two or three people remained . We were persecuted much more than Khmers . " Half a 1. Khieu Samphan on Phnom Penh Radio , 15 April 1976 , in U.S. Central Intelligence Agency ...
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... recalls that Suong " was very serious and would not gamble or allow children to play near his home . " The palace compound was closeted and conservative , the old king a French puppet . Outside , Phnom Penh's 100,000 inhabitants were ...
... recalls that Suong " was very serious and would not gamble or allow children to play near his home . " The palace compound was closeted and conservative , the old king a French puppet . Outside , Phnom Penh's 100,000 inhabitants were ...
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... recalls , " some people ran away . . . others joined the revolution . " 56 In 1971 , the town of Angkor Borei in southwest Cambodia was heavily bombed by Amer- ican B - 52s and Lon Nol's U.S. - supplied T - 28s . It was burnt and ...
... recalls , " some people ran away . . . others joined the revolution . " 56 In 1971 , the town of Angkor Borei in southwest Cambodia was heavily bombed by Amer- ican B - 52s and Lon Nol's U.S. - supplied T - 28s . It was burnt and ...
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... recalls that on the night of the sixteenth , " at around seven , the whole city exploded with small - arms fire . It was like popcorn in a hot pan . People were celebrating the New Year , firing off any weapon they had . " 3 But there ...
... recalls that on the night of the sixteenth , " at around seven , the whole city exploded with small - arms fire . It was like popcorn in a hot pan . People were celebrating the New Year , firing off any weapon they had . " 3 But there ...
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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