The Pol Pot Regime Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79 |
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| Author:
| Kiernan, Ben |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-06113-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $52.00 |
Book Description:
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The Khmer Rouge revolution turned Cambodia into killing fields, as the Pol Pot regime murdered or starved to death a million and a half of Cambodia's eight million inhabitants. This book - a comprehensive study of the Pol Pot regime - describes the violent origins, social context and course of the revolution, providing an answer to the question of why a group of Cambodian intellectuals imposed genocide on their own country.
The Khmer Rouge revolution turned Cambodia into killing fields, as the Pol Pot regime murdered or starved to death a million and a half of Cambodia's eight million inhabitants. This book - a comprehensive study of the Pol Pot regime - describes the violent origins, social context and course of the revolution, providing an answer to the question of why a group of Cambodian intellectuals imposed genocide on their own country.