How Pol Pot Came to Power

Colonialism, Nationalism, and Communism in Cambodia, 1930–1975

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Ben Kiernan

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How did Pol Pot, a tyrant comparable to Hitler and Stalin in his brutality and contempt for human life, rise to power? This authoritative book explores what happened in Cambodia from 1930 to 1975, tracing the origins and trajectory of the Cambodian Communist movement and setting the ascension of Pol Pot's genocidal regime in the context of the conflict between colonialism and nationalism. A new preface bring this edition up to date.

Author Biography:

Ben Kiernan is the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History at Yale University and founding director of Yale's Cambodian Genocide Program and Genocide Studies Program (www yale.edu/gsp). His sequel, The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-1979, is published by Yale University Press.

Release date NZ

August 11th, 2004

Author

Ben Kiernan

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Edition

2nd Revised edition

Pages

488

Dimensions

14x21x3

ISBN-13

9780300102628

Product ID

3919489

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