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The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79
Ben Kiernan
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Description for The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79
Paperback. Offering an account of the Cambodian revolution and genocide, this book includes a preface that takes the story up to 2008 and the UN-sponsored Khmer Rouge tribunal. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 476.
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
“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.” ... Read more
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
“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.” ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300144345
SKU
V9780300144345
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About Ben Kiernan
Ben Kiernan is the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History, professor of international and area studies, and the founding director of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University (www.yale.edu/gsp). His other books include Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur and How Pol Pot Came to Power: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Communism in Cambodia, ... Read more
Reviews for The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79
"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
Library Journal
"The most comprehensive analysis of Khmer Rouge war crimes yet."—Yale Daily News
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Library Journal
"The most comprehensive analysis of Khmer Rouge war crimes yet."—Yale Daily News
Yale Daily News ... Read more