Cambodia, 1975-1978: rendezvous with death

✍ Scribed by Jackson, Karl D

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 1989;2014
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Introduction : The Khmer Rouge in context -- The unexpected victory -- The ideology of total revolution -- The organization of power -- The economy -- Social change in the vortex of revolution -- The pattern and scope of violence -- The photographic record -- Explaining the terror -- Intellectual origins of the Khmer Rouge.;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 ... Wi.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction : The Khmer Rouge in context --
The unexpected victory --
The ideology of total revolution --
The organization of power --
The economy --
Social change in the vortex of revolution --
The pattern and scope of violence --
The photographic record --
Explaining the terror --
Intellectual origins of the Khmer Rouge.

✦ Subjects

Cambodia -- History -- 1975-1979;Cambodia -- Politics and government;Cambodia -- Social conditions;History & Archaeology;Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East;Southeast Asia;Electronic books;History;Cambodia