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Cambodia 1975-1978

Jackson, Karl O

2014

Overview

One of the most devastating periods in twentieth-century history was the rule of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge over Cambodia. From April 1975 to the beginning of the Vietnamese occupation in late December 1978, the country underwent perhaps the most violent and far-reaching of all modern revolutions. These six essays search for what can be explained in the ultimately inexplicable evils perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge. Accompanying them is a photo essay that provides shocking visual evidence of the tragedy of Cambodia's autogenocide. \"The most important examination of the subject so far... Without in any way denying the horror and brutality of the Khmers Rouges, the essays adopt a principle of detached analysis which makes their conclusion far more significant and convincing than the superficial images emanating from the television or cinema screen.\" --Ralph Smith, The Times Literary Supplement \"A book that belongs on the shelf of every scholar interested in Cambodia, revolution, or communism... Answers to questions such as `What effect did Khmer society have on the reign of the Khmer Rouge?' focus on understanding, rather than merely describing.\" --Randall Scott Clemons, Perspectives on Political Science

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Subject: 1975 / Ancien Régime / Anti-intellectualism / Authoritarianism / Battambang / Bourgeoisie / Buddhism / Cambodia / Cambodian Civil War / Capitalism / Central Committee / Chairman / Civil service / Class conflict / Colonialism / Combatant / Communism / Communist Party of Kampuchea / Communist society / Comrade / Counter-revolutionary / Cultural Revolution / Democratic Kampuchea / Dictatorship of the proletariat / Doctrine / Great Leap Forward / Hanoi / HISTORY / HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War / Hu Nim / Ideology / Ieng Sary / Imperialism / Individualism / Keo Meas / Khieu Samphan / Khmer people / Khmer Republic / Khmer Rouge / Lon Nol / Mao Zedong / Maoism / Marxism / Marxism–Leninism / Military / New People / Norodom Sihanouk / North Vietnam / Nuon Chea / Peasant / Phnom Penh / Pol Pot / Political party / Politics / Private property / Reactionary / Refugee / Regime / Revolution / Revolutionary movement / Revolutionary Struggle / Slavery / Social transformation / Son Ngoc Thanh / Son Sen / South Vietnam / Soviet Union / Stalinism / Subversion / Thailand / Theoretician (Marxism) / Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum / Vietnam War / War / Wealth
• ISBN: 9780691025414, 069102541X, 9780691078076, 0691078076, 140085170X, 9781400851706