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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... subdistrict work team “ base ” people " full - rights " people " depositees " ( deportees ) " new " people “ candidates ” village , hamlet Zone ( DK usage ) ; Region ( U.S. usage ) Cambodian preserved fish paste district water morning ...
... subdistrict work team “ base ” people " full - rights " people " depositees " ( deportees ) " new " people “ candidates ” village , hamlet Zone ( DK usage ) ; Region ( U.S. usage ) Cambodian preserved fish paste district water morning ...
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... subdistrict chief , Ngaol . They listened to the newcomers ' story and asked them what they wanted . Replying in his native Khmer , the commander told Ngaol he wished to see " brother Khieu Samphan , " the new president of " Democratic ...
... subdistrict chief , Ngaol . They listened to the newcomers ' story and asked them what they wanted . Replying in his native Khmer , the commander told Ngaol he wished to see " brother Khieu Samphan , " the new president of " Democratic ...
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... subdistrict chief Ngaol proclaimed at a military parade : " We have to take back the territory of Kampuchea Krom . " But other local officials boasted that they had now killed over two thousand Khmer Krom , remnants of Mike Force . The ...
... subdistrict chief Ngaol proclaimed at a military parade : " We have to take back the territory of Kampuchea Krom . " But other local officials boasted that they had now killed over two thousand Khmer Krom , remnants of Mike Force . The ...
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... subdistrict committee member in the Eastern Zone comments on the emptying of the cities : " After 17 April 1975 the party stopped saying that the workers were the base . ” 136 Indeed , a Cpk maga- zine the next year would claim , in ...
... subdistrict committee member in the Eastern Zone comments on the emptying of the cities : " After 17 April 1975 the party stopped saying that the workers were the base . ” 136 Indeed , a Cpk maga- zine the next year would claim , in ...
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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 |
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