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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... told against the revolution . The risk was too great . It was a case , in DK parlance , of " spare them , no profit ; remove them , no loss . " ' " The DK regime believed the transformation of Cambodia to be both a neces- sity for and a ...
... told against the revolution . The risk was too great . It was a case , in DK parlance , of " spare them , no profit ; remove them , no loss . " ' " The DK regime believed the transformation of Cambodia to be both a neces- sity for and a ...
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... told young peasant victims of the bombing that " the killing birds " had come " from Phnom Penh " ( not Guam ) , and that Phnom Penh must pay for its assault on rural Cambodia.83 On the day the bombing ended , Cpk propaganda leaflets ...
... told young peasant victims of the bombing that " the killing birds " had come " from Phnom Penh " ( not Guam ) , and that Phnom Penh must pay for its assault on rural Cambodia.83 On the day the bombing ended , Cpk propaganda leaflets ...
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... told Samrin that at an earlier Center meeting , a prominent revo- lutionary intellectual , Hou Yuon , had spoken out against the proposed evacu- ation . Yuon , a cabinet minister in the Sihanouk regime in 1962-63 , was now minister for ...
... told Samrin that at an earlier Center meeting , a prominent revo- lutionary intellectual , Hou Yuon , had spoken out against the proposed evacu- ation . Yuon , a cabinet minister in the Sihanouk regime in 1962-63 , was now minister for ...
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... told of the order no earlier than 15 April , were also warned that the pretext of a " temporary " evacuation would be a lie . 16 Some Eastern Zone forces were informed in the first week of April but were led to believe the evacuation ...
... told of the order no earlier than 15 April , were also warned that the pretext of a " temporary " evacuation would be a lie . 16 Some Eastern Zone forces were informed in the first week of April but were led to believe the evacuation ...
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... told the crowd , in what Yathay found " a serious and threat- ening voice " : " I hereby inform the contemptible , traitorous Lon Nol clique and all its commanders that we are not coming here for negotiations : We are entering the ...
... told the crowd , in what Yathay found " a serious and threat- ening voice " : " I hereby inform the contemptible , traitorous Lon Nol clique and all its commanders that we are not coming here for negotiations : We are entering the ...
Contents
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CHAPTER EIGHT Power Politics 197677 | 313 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN The End of the Pol Pot Regime | 440 |
Select Bibliography | 467 |
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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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