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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... Refugee Committee and proclaiming himself born again . " I had a difficult life and I decided to be a Christian . It is God's will that you are here . I have done very bad things , " Deuch told Dunlop in a con- fession more genuine than ...
... Refugee Committee and proclaiming himself born again . " I had a difficult life and I decided to be a Christian . It is God's will that you are here . I have done very bad things , " Deuch told Dunlop in a con- fession more genuine than ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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... refugees . From the early 1960s , Khmer Krom began fleeing to Cambodia to escape the Saigon government's repression in the countryside . In 1962 a Khmer Buddhist monk who had fled the Diem regime with four hundred others claimed : " Our ...
... refugees . From the early 1960s , Khmer Krom began fleeing to Cambodia to escape the Saigon government's repression in the countryside . In 1962 a Khmer Buddhist monk who had fled the Diem regime with four hundred others claimed : " Our ...
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... refugees , according to the Pentagon.50 By 1971 , 60 percent of refugees surveyed in Cambodia's towns gave U.S. bombing as the main cause of their displace- ment.51 The U.S. bombardment of the Cambodian countryside continued until ...
... refugees , according to the Pentagon.50 By 1971 , 60 percent of refugees surveyed in Cambodia's towns gave U.S. bombing as the main cause of their displace- ment.51 The U.S. bombardment of the Cambodian countryside continued until ...
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... Bombing Turns Cambodian Villagers into Refugees , " Asian Reports , 21 February 1972 . 60. Author's interviews with Yan and others , O Reang Au , 6 October 1980 . according to peasants , many people were caught in their 20 • Introduction.
... Bombing Turns Cambodian Villagers into Refugees , " Asian Reports , 21 February 1972 . 60. Author's interviews with Yan and others , O Reang Au , 6 October 1980 . according to peasants , many people were caught in their 20 • Introduction.
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 |
Common terms and phrases
Angkar April arrested arrived August Author's interview Bangkok Post base Battambang border Boua Brother Cambodia Center Chandler Chhouk chief China Chinese commander communist CPK secretary December Democratic Kampuchea deputy Deuch district document Eastern Zone enemy ethnic evacuated executed families forces former Genocide Hanoi Heder Heng Samrin Hou Yuon hundred Ieng Sary January July Kampot Kampuchea Krom Khieu Samphan Khmer Krom Khmer Rouge Kiernan killed Kirivong Koh Kong Kompong Cham leaders Lon Nol March Mekong military months Northern Zone Northwest November Nuon Chea October officials party peasants Phim Phnom Penh Phnom Penh Radio Pol Pot Pol Pot Plans political population Pot's Preah Prey Veng prison province Pursat recalls refugees regime Region 25 reported revolution rice Santebal says September 1980 Sihanouk soldiers Southwest Zone subdistrict Svay Takeo Thai Thailand thousand Thuon told tons troops Tuol Sleng Vickery Vietnam Vietnamese village Vorn Vet workers