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

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Ben Kiernan

The Pol Pot Regime

Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79

Ben Kiernan

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Yale University
19 August 2008

History; Asian history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Genocide & ethnic cleansing

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.” —R. B. Smith, Asian Affairs

""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

""[A] detailed and chilling history."" —Asiaweek

""The most detailed history to date of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. . . . This book . . . will certainly be the benchmark against which all future research on the Khmer Rouge must be measured. Very highly recommended."" —Choice

By: Ben Kiernan
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780300144345
ISBN 10: 0300144342
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 19 August 2008
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

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

The most detailed history to date of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. . . . This book, written at an advanced level, will certainly be the benchmark against which all future research on the Khmer Rouge must be measured. Very highly recommended. -Choice * Choice * One of the most important contributions to the subject so far, and one which neither specialist scholars nor general readers can afford to ignore. -R.B. Smith, Asian Affairs -- R. B. Smith * Asian Affairs * Impressively researched and deeply disturbing. -Sunday Telegraph * Sunday Telegraph * This is not the first account of Pol Pot's terror. . . . But Mr. Kiernan's is perhaps the most complete and the closest to Cambodian sources. -The Economist * The Economist * 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 -- Richard Gough * Times Higher Education Supplement * Kiernan has compiled an invaluable record of the workings of a political phenomenon of our century, a materialistic idealogy applied to the enslavement of a people. -Simon Scott Plummer, Tablet -- Simon Scott Plummer * Tablet * The most comprehensive analysis of Khmer Rouge war crimes yet. -Yale Daily News * Yale Daily News * 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 *