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The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia Under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79
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ISBN10: 0300144342
ISBN13: 9780300144345
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Jun 1 2008
Pages: 544
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.50 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780300144345
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Jun 1 2008
Pages: 544
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.50 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.50
Language: English
This edition of Ben Kiernan's definitive 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.
Deeply detailed, meticulously reported. . . . Important [and] valuable. --Nation
In this authoritative work, Ben Kiernan . . . explores the reasons why Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge revolution became a Cambodian nightmare. --Richard Gough, Times Higher Education Supplement
Deeply detailed, meticulously reported. . . . Important [and] valuable. --Nation
In this authoritative work, Ben Kiernan . . . explores the reasons why Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge revolution became a Cambodian nightmare. --Richard Gough, Times Higher Education Supplement
Perhaps the most complete [account of Pol Pot's terror] and the closest to Cambodian sources. --Economist
One of the most important contributions to the subject so far. --R. B. Smith, Asian Affairs
Kiernan, the leading authority on modern Cambodia, meticulously examines Pol Pot's killing machine and clears up many misconceptions found in earlier studies. . . . An important book for students of genocide as well as scholars of Southeast Asia. --Library Journal
[A] detailed and chilling history. --Asiaweek
The most detailed history to date of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. . . . This book . . . will certainly be the benchmark against which all future research on the Khmer Rouge must be measured. Very highly recommended. --Choice
One of the most important contributions to the subject so far. --R. B. Smith, Asian Affairs
Kiernan, the leading authority on modern Cambodia, meticulously examines Pol Pot's killing machine and clears up many misconceptions found in earlier studies. . . . An important book for students of genocide as well as scholars of Southeast Asia. --Library Journal
[A] detailed and chilling history. --Asiaweek
The most detailed history to date of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. . . . This book . . . will certainly be the benchmark against which all future research on the Khmer Rouge must be measured. Very highly recommended. --Choice
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