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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... rice field . The first truck pulled up , and as the long - haired soldiers disembarked from the rear , a waiting Khmer Rouge squad quickly opened fire , cutting them down . The soldiers on the remaining trucks saw what was happening ...
... rice field . The first truck pulled up , and as the long - haired soldiers disembarked from the rear , a waiting Khmer Rouge squad quickly opened fire , cutting them down . The soldiers on the remaining trucks saw what was happening ...
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... rice cultivation . Compared to Vietnam's , its villagers participated much less in village - organized activities . They were often described as indi- vidualistic ; the nuclear family was the social core . May Ebihara , the only ...
... rice cultivation . Compared to Vietnam's , its villagers participated much less in village - organized activities . They were often described as indi- vidualistic ; the nuclear family was the social core . May Ebihara , the only ...
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... rice cultivation is " the fabrication of an aquarium . " 14 Paddy fields are bunded with low walls of mud , and their water levels are carefully manipulated to obtain the best results from the growing plant . But for over half the year ...
... rice cultivation is " the fabrication of an aquarium . " 14 Paddy fields are bunded with low walls of mud , and their water levels are carefully manipulated to obtain the best results from the growing plant . But for over half the year ...
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... rice land , three of garden land , and six buffalo . Pol Pot's father Saloth , with two sons and adopted nephews , har- vested enough rice for about twenty people . In later years the family would have been " class enemies . " But few ...
... rice land , three of garden land , and six buffalo . Pol Pot's father Saloth , with two sons and adopted nephews , har- vested enough rice for about twenty people . In later years the family would have been " class enemies . " But few ...
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... rice harvest . In 1964 , that record was 37. In 1970 the Eastern Zone CPK branch and the party Center used different Khmer terms for their united front ( ibid . , pp . 298 , 312 ) ; the existence of two Region 3's ( in the Northwest and ...
... rice harvest . In 1964 , that record was 37. In 1970 the Eastern Zone CPK branch and the party Center used different Khmer terms for their united front ( ibid . , pp . 298 , 312 ) ; the existence of two Region 3's ( in the Northwest and ...
Contents
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
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