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9780300144345

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

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    9780300144345

  • ISBN10:

    0300144342

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2008-08-19
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

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Summary

Introduction: the making of the 1975 Khmer Rouge victory -- Cleansing the cities: the quest for total power -- Cleasnsing the countryside: race, power, and the aprty, 1973-75 -- Cleansing the frontiers: neighbors, friends, and enemies, 1975-76 -- An indentured agrarian state, 1975-77 (1): the base areas-- the Southwest and the East -- An indentured agrarian state, 1975-77(II)-- peasants and deportees inthe Northwest -- Ethnic cleansing and Cambodia's minorities, 1975-77 -- Power politics, 1976-77 -- Foreign relations, 1977-78: warfare, weapons and wildlife -- "Thunder without rain": race and power in Cambodia, 1978 -- The end of the Pol Pot regime.

Author Biography

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, 1930–1975, published by Yale University Press.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Editionp. ix
Preface to the Second Editionp. xxv
Acknowledgmentsp. xxxiii
List of Acronymsp. xxxvii
Glossaryp. xxxix
Introduction: The Making of the 1975 Khmer Rouge Victoryp. 1
Wiping the Slate Clean: The Regime Takes Shape
Cleansing the Cities: The Quest for Total Powerp. 31
Cleansing the Countryside: Race, Power, and the Party, 1973-75p. 65
Cleansing the Frontiers: Neighbors, Friends, and Enemies, 1975-76p. 102
Writing on the Slate, 1975-77: The CPK Project
An Indentured Agrarian State, 1975-77 (I): The Base Areas-The Southwest and the Eastp. 159
An Indentured Agrarian State, 1975-77 (II): Peasants and Deportees in the Northwestp. 216
Ethnic Cleansing: The CPK and Cambodia's Minorities, 1975-77p. 251
The Slate Crumbles, 1977-79: Convulsion and Destruction
Power Politics, 1976-77p. 313
Foreign Relations, 1977-78: Warfare, Weapons, and Wildlifep. 357
"Thunder without Rain": Race and Power in Cambodia, 1978p. 386
The End of the Pol Pot Regimep. 440
Select Bibliographyp. 467
Indexp. 471
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