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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... soldiers trudged across the border from southern Vietnam . In their American uniforms they looked like troops of the defeated Saigon regime . It was April , the hottest time of the year in Cambodia , and they must have been relieved to ...
... soldiers trudged across the border from southern Vietnam . In their American uniforms they looked like troops of the defeated Saigon regime . It was April , the hottest time of the year in Cambodia , and they must have been relieved to ...
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... 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 . They all jumped to the ground and scattered for their lives . But ...
... 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 . They all jumped to the ground and scattered for their lives . But ...
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... soldiers were destroyed because of the presumption that they might one day become enemies . In a way , this was well founded . Though dedicated to Cambodia's independence , they would have reeled at the transformation it was undergoing ...
... soldiers were destroyed because of the presumption that they might one day become enemies . In a way , this was well founded . Though dedicated to Cambodia's independence , they would have reeled at the transformation it was undergoing ...
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... soldiers had to be fed ; more important , they were doing greater damage than ever to Vietnam's rice production . Large amounts of Cambodian rice began to be smuggled across the Vietnamese border to the armies of both sides . Prince ...
... soldiers had to be fed ; more important , they were doing greater damage than ever to Vietnam's rice production . Large amounts of Cambodian rice began to be smuggled across the Vietnamese border to the armies of both sides . Prince ...
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... soldiers , fled their advance . 19 At 7:30 the next morning , the Lon Nol command ordered all its troops to surrender at 9 A.M. At 8:30 , Lon Nol's replacement as president of the Khmer Republic , General Sak Sutsakhan , called the ...
... soldiers , fled their advance . 19 At 7:30 the next morning , the Lon Nol command ordered all its troops to surrender at 9 A.M. At 8:30 , Lon Nol's replacement as president of the Khmer Republic , General Sak Sutsakhan , called the ...
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
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