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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.
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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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- 1997
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ben Kiernan
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 477
- ISBN10
- 9747100436
- ISBN13
- 9789747100433
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Political Science & Politics, Politics, 20th century, Series, Asia, Research
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- 3.45 out of 5
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- 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.