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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... sent to their deaths in the capital.2 In order to emphasize that this was no mere assault against Islam , Cham was now banned as " a foreign language . " The officials began killing any who infringed these regulations . One local ...
... sent to their deaths in the capital.2 In order to emphasize that this was no mere assault against Islam , Cham was now banned as " a foreign language . " The officials began killing any who infringed these regulations . One local ...
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... sent to study in Hanoi from 1942 to 1945 ; according to their 1979 account , they found that " Vietnamese intellec- tuals spoke of Angkor as their own . " After the war the two men went on to Paris ; Thioeunn completed a degree in ...
... sent to study in Hanoi from 1942 to 1945 ; according to their 1979 account , they found that " Vietnamese intellec- tuals spoke of Angkor as their own . " After the war the two men went on to Paris ; Thioeunn completed a degree in ...
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... sent back advice : Don't get involved in politics . But Pol Pot was already a member of the Cambodian section of the French Communist Party , then in its Stalinist heyday . Those who knew him then insist that " he would not have killed ...
... sent back advice : Don't get involved in politics . But Pol Pot was already a member of the Cambodian section of the French Communist Party , then in its Stalinist heyday . Those who knew him then insist that " he would not have killed ...
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... sent a leading monk . So Hay , to attend this meeting . He wanted to know if the city was to be evacuated . Southwest Zone forces were forcibly emptying parts of the city , whereas the Eastern forces occupying the riverbank near the ...
... sent a leading monk . So Hay , to attend this meeting . He wanted to know if the city was to be evacuated . Southwest Zone forces were forcibly emptying parts of the city , whereas the Eastern forces occupying the riverbank near the ...
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... sent to one village , another group to another , and so on . Two days after her arrival , Khmer Rouge shot Samon's husband dead , and later her father and brother as well.84 In northwest Cambodia , the evacuation of towns was delayed a ...
... sent to one village , another group to another , and so on . Two days after her arrival , Khmer Rouge shot Samon's husband dead , and later her father and brother as well.84 In northwest Cambodia , the evacuation of towns was delayed a ...
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 |
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