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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... says that ' the Sihanouk troops were people who came from the Eastern Zone . ' " His French edition reads : " Et l'auteur d'ajouter que les troupes de Sihanouk ' etaient les gens de la zone Est " ( p . 67 ) : and the English , " The ...
... says that ' the Sihanouk troops were people who came from the Eastern Zone . ' " His French edition reads : " Et l'auteur d'ajouter que les troupes de Sihanouk ' etaient les gens de la zone Est " ( p . 67 ) : and the English , " The ...
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... says he joined the party Central Committee as a candidate member in 1971 , and became a full member in 1976.23 But he admits attending meetings , not of its more power- ful executive , the Standing Committee of the Cpk Central Committee ...
... says he joined the party Central Committee as a candidate member in 1971 , and became a full member in 1976.23 But he admits attending meetings , not of its more power- ful executive , the Standing Committee of the Cpk Central Committee ...
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... says he found Phnom Penh hospitals " overflowing , " and men " covered with blood , groan- ing through the wards , " a sight that brought " tears to my eyes , I was in great despair . " 27 But the patients were not Cambodia's genocide ...
... says he found Phnom Penh hospitals " overflowing , " and men " covered with blood , groan- ing through the wards , " a sight that brought " tears to my eyes , I was in great despair . " 27 But the patients were not Cambodia's genocide ...
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... says that when T - 28s and B - 52s bombed his village , more than one hundred people were killed and wounded . " The people were very angry at the imperialists , " he adds . Soon afterwards the Cpk's political line hardened , and a ...
... says that when T - 28s and B - 52s bombed his village , more than one hundred people were killed and wounded . " The people were very angry at the imperialists , " he adds . Soon afterwards the Cpk's political line hardened , and a ...
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Contents
The Quest for Total Power | 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