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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... reported an increase in the number of communist troops in the sanctuaries , an increase that he said was partly motivated by " the cleaning - up operation " of the U.S. - Saigon forces . He added ominously , " In this period , nothing ...
... reported an increase in the number of communist troops in the sanctuaries , an increase that he said was partly motivated by " the cleaning - up operation " of the U.S. - Saigon forces . He added ominously , " In this period , nothing ...
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... reported : " Refugees swarming into the capital from target areas report dozens of villages ... have been destroyed and as much as half their population killed or maimed in the current bombing raids . " 63 Days later , the U.S. ...
... reported : " Refugees swarming into the capital from target areas report dozens of villages ... have been destroyed and as much as half their population killed or maimed in the current bombing raids . " 63 Days later , the U.S. ...
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... reported on 2 May 1973 , that the Cpk had launched a new recruiting drive : They are using damage caused by B - 52 strikes as the main theme of their propa- ganda . The cadre tell the people that the Government of Lon Nol has requested ...
... reported on 2 May 1973 , that the Cpk had launched a new recruiting drive : They are using damage caused by B - 52 strikes as the main theme of their propa- ganda . The cadre tell the people that the Government of Lon Nol has requested ...
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... reported that " the village was totally destroyed , with 28 civilians and five VC guerrillas killed . " 74 The next day , B - 52s attacked nearby Plei Lom village , " killing twenty people , including children . " 75 On 10 August , Plei ...
... reported that " the village was totally destroyed , with 28 civilians and five VC guerrillas killed . " 74 The next day , B - 52s attacked nearby Plei Lom village , " killing twenty people , including children . " 75 On 10 August , Plei ...
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... reported " the lynching of hated bomber pilots . " 86 When they forcibly evacuated Battambang and Phnom Penh , Cpk forces told the urban populations that the exodus was necessary because " American B - 52s " were about to bomb the city ...
... reported " the lynching of hated bomber pilots . " 86 When they forcibly evacuated Battambang and Phnom Penh , Cpk forces told the urban populations that the exodus was necessary because " American B - 52s " were about to bomb the city ...
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
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