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Author: Ben Kiernan (Editor)
Publisher: Yale Univ Southeast Asia Studies
Publishing Date: September 1993
Paperback: 335 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0938692496
ISBN-13: 978-0938692492
Format: Hardcover, Paperback
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Book Description
Proceedings of the 1992 Raphael Lemkin Symosium, co-published with the Schell Center for International Human Rights, Yale Law School. Specialists from seven disciplines examine the record of the Khmer Rouge, and the international community's involvement with the affairs of the country. In particular the book examines the capacity, responsibility and performance of the international community under international law, and the responsibility or accountability, if any, of the Khmer Rouge for the policies and practices of the Khmer Rouge period. Preface by George Andreopoulos, Schell Center, Yale Law School. Introduction by Ben Kiernan, Department of History, Yale University..

Genocide and Democracy in Cambodia: The Khmer Rouge, the U.N., and the International Community

By Admin | Monday, December 26, 2011

Author: Ben Kiernan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publishing Date: 3rd Edition, August 19, 2008
Paperback: 544 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300144342
ISBN-13: 978-0300144345
Format: Paperback
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Book Description
The Khmer Rouge revolution turned Cambodia into grisly 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 - the first comprehensive study of the Pol Pot regime - describes the violent origins, social context, and course of the revolution, providing a new answer to the question of why a group of Cambodian intellectuals imposed genocide on their own country.

The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79

By Admin | Sunday, December 18, 2011

Author: Ben Kiernan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publishing Date: 2nd Edition, August 11, 2004
Paperback: 488 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300102623
ISBN-13: 978-0300102628
Format: Hardcover, Paperback
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Book Description
How did Pol Pot, a tyrant comparable to Hitler and Stalin in his brutality and contempt for human life, rise to power? This authoritative book explores what happened in Cambodia from 1930 to 1975, tracing the origins and trajectory of the Cambodian Communist movement and setting the ascension of Pol Pot's genocidal regime in the context of the conflict between colonialism and nationalism. A new preface bring this edition up to date.

How Pol Pot Came to Power: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Communism in Cambodia, 1930-1975

By Admin | Saturday, December 17, 2011