In the tragic recent history of Cambodiaa past scarred by a long occupation by Vietnamese forces and by the preceding three-year reign of terror by the brutal Khmer Rougeno figure looms larger or more ominously than that of Pol Pot. As secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) since 1962 and as prime minister of ...
In Cambodias recent, tragic past, no figure looms larger or more ominously than that of Pol Pot. Yet information about his life and career is largely inaccessible. In this first book-length study of the man, the historian David P. Chandler casts throws light on the shadowy figure of Pol Pot, illuminating the ideas and behavior of this enigmatic ...
Born the son of peasant farmers whose connections with the royal palace afforded him a European education, Pol Pot became the leader of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, or the Khmer Rouge. As such, he and his followers were ultimately responsible for the deaths of an estimated 2 to 4 million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979 and untold numbers ...
Revolutionary and dictator, Pol Pot led a rebel force that toppled the Cambodian government in 1975. His four-year rule was a catastrophe for the country, resulting in the deaths of more than 1.5 million Cambodians.
The Khmer Rouge held power in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and aggressively pursued a policy of radical social reform that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians through mass executions and physical privation. In January 1979, the government was overthrown by former Khmer Rouge functionaries, with substantial backing from the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Parragon
Date Published: 0000
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U.S. Senate, Committee On Foreign Relations, Subcommittee On Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations, And Environment
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Binding: Paperbound
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2002.
Description: Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 478 pages with 22 b/w photos. " A deeply detailed, meticulously reported history. Important [and] valuable" Sydney Schanberg. A second edition of this authoritative work on the Khmer Rouge revolution and its leaders. In excellent condition, unread and clean, minor curl to back top cover. 8vo. read more
Binding: Paperbound
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1996.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars
Date Published: 1988
Description: Very Good. 4to. Articles include: "Orphans of Genocide: the Cham Muslims of Kampuchea under Pol Pot" by Ben Kiernan; "Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in Southeast Asia: From ASEAN to JASEAN" by Rob Steven; includes tables, index to vol. 20 (1988), nos. 1-4; b/w photos; 80 pp. read more
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Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors
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Dith Pran, Kim Depaul (Editor), Professor Ben Kiernan (Introduction by)
