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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: Joakim Ojendal (Editor), Mona Lilja (Editor)
Publisher: Nordic Inst of Asian Studies
Publishing Date: October 31, 2009
Paperback: 320 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 8776940438
ISBN-13: 978-8776940430
Format: Paperback
Series: Democracy in Asia
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Book Description
The peace agreement, major reconstruction efforts and UN-supervised elections that followed Cambodia's dark period of civil war and genocide have not brought the democracy and reconstruction that was hoped for. Political stability has emerged but seemingly only at the expense of democracy. Moreover, reconstruction efforts appear to be at odds with processes of liberal democratization. This volume (written by a broad mix of Khmer and non-Khmer researchers) is the first study to assess the post-conflict democratization and reconstruction process in Cambodia in a systematic and in-depth empirical way. In going beyond a one-dimensional view of democracy, the full complexity of this process is illuminated and an assessment is made about the viability of such post-conflict strategies elsewhere round the globe.

Beyond Democracy in Cambodia: Political Reconstruction in a Post-Conflict Society

By Admin | Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Author: Justin Corfield, Laura Summers
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Publishing Date: December 17, 2002
Hardcover: 560 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0810845245
ISBN-13: 978-0810845244
Format: Hardcover
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Book Description
Over many centuries, and especially during the last century, Cambodia has experienced radical, even tumultuous changes in its political system and social order.

Chronicling this country's evolution from absolute monarchy in the pre-colonial era up to the semi-democracy of today, this dictionary focuses on the personalities, constitutional dynamics, and major economic developments of the recent Sihanouk, Lon Nol, Pol Pot and Hun Sen administrations.

Recognizing that considerable research remains to be done on Cambodia's political history and leaders, this reference work makes a large contribution to Cambodia and prominent Cambodians offering biographical details on the rulers, leaders, and opinion-makers from the time of Jayavarman II to Hun Sen. It also details key events and recent political developments and reveals unexpected continuities and discontinuities in elite composition and national ideological outlooks.

Historical Dictionary of Cambodia (Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East)

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Author: Karen J. Coates
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Publishing Date: March 2005
Paperback: 392 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786420510
ISBN-13: 978-0786420513
Format: Kindle Edition, Paperback
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Book Description
Cambodia has never recovered from its Khmer Rouge past. The genocidal regime of 1975–1979 and the following two decades of civil war ripped the country apart. This work examines Cambodia in the aftermath, focusing on Khmer people of all walks of life and examining through their eyes key facets of Cambodian society, including the ancient Angkor legacy, relations with neighboring countries (particularly the strained ones with the Vietnamese), emerging democracy, psychology, violence, health, family, poverty, the environment, and the nation’s future.

Along with print sources, research is drawn from hundreds of interviews with Cambodians, including farmers, royalty, beggars, teachers, monks, orphanage heads, politicians, and non-native experts on Cambodia. Dozens of exquisite photographs of Cambodian people and places illustrate the work, which concludes with a glossary of Cambodian words, people, places and names, and an appendix of organizations providing aid to Cambodia.

Cambodia Now: Life In the Wake of War

By Admin | Saturday, December 17, 2011

Author: John Tully
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publishing Date: September 1, 2006
Paperback: 288 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1741147638
ISBN-13: 978-1741147636
Format: Kindle Edition, Paperback
Series: A Short History of Asia series
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Book Description
In this concise and compelling history, Cambodia’s past is described in vivid detail, from the richness of the Angkorean empire through the dark ages of the 18th and early-19th centuries, French colonialism, independence, the Vietnamese conflict, the Pol Pot regime, and its current incarnation as a troubled democracy. With energetic writing and passion for the subject, John Tully covers the full sweep of Cambodian history, explaining why this land of contrasts remains an interesting enigma to the international community. Detailing the depressing record of war, famine, and invasion that has threatened to destroy Cambodia, this discussion shows its survival to be a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

A Short History of Cambodia: From Empire to Survival

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