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Getting Away With Genocide: Cambodia's Long Struggle Against the Khmer Rouge 4 reviews Tom Fawthrop, Helen Jarvis
Pluto Press, 2004
Deliberate repetition of what had once looked accidental
+ At Long Last, a Time for healing + Unwritten Story
"Getting away with Genocide?" is an excellent study of decades of untiring efforts to deal with the legacy of the Khmer Rouge. The staff of the Cambodian Genocide Project and the Documentation Center of Cambodia have worked their hearts out for years. These are not naive people, and they know that ...
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A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (P.S.) 187 reviews Samantha Power
Harper Perennial, 2007
Thorough Study of Genocide History
+ An important book to read + What About America's own Age of its Genocide?
Samantha Power has produced a history of genocide through the 20th century. She presents an impressive accounts of genocide against Armenians in Turkey, Jews in Holocaust, Tutsi in Rwanda, Kurds in Iraq, and Bosnian Muslims in the Balkan war; the stories are extremely well-written, and the images ...
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Facing Death in Cambodia 5 reviews Peter Maguire
Columbia University Press, 2005
Unbelievable
+ History as a personal quest + Magnificently Disturbing + Dealing with Mass Murderers + I Still Wonder Why
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The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79 15 reviews Ben Kiernan
Yale University Press, 2002
The reference work on the khmer rouge
+ Important But Not Written Well + Atrocities in Cambodia
Quite simply the most authoritative work on the pol pot led khmer rouge. If planing a visit to Cambodia Kiernan's book will provide excellent background and explain much of what you see today in rural Cambodia. Further details can be obtained from the website of Sage Insights who support local ...
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Brother Number One: A Political Biography Of Pol Pot 7 reviews David P Chandler
Westview Press, 1999
The way to make friends is not to kill people
+ An early work + Brother Number One + As much info as you're going to get on Pol Pot
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Leaving Year Zero: Stories of Surviving Pol Pot's Cambodia Richard Lunn
University of Western Australia Press, 2004
This work presents compelling, powerful accounts which vividly involve the reader in the experiences of six Khmer individuals reacting to the dramatic upheavals of a society gone terribly wrong. They explore the remarkable resilience and strength of character shown by each, as they attempt to reconstruct their port-trauma lives in Australia.
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Cambodia, Pol Pot, and the United States: The Faustian Pact Michael Haas
Praeger Publishers, 1991
This provocative analysis of U.S. relations with Cambodia from the 1950s to the present illuminates foreign policy issues that remain especially pertinent in the aftermath of the Cold War, as we attempt to formulate new approaches to a changed but still threatening international situation. Based on interviews with more than 100 diplomats, journalists, and scholars who have been involved with the ...
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Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison 8 reviews David Chandler
University of California Press, 2000
Excellent view of a lost chapter in 20th century history!
+ Terrified and terrifying
Chandler has done a magnificient job bringing the Khmer Rouge prison "S-21" into clear view. During the reign of the Khmer Rouge S-21 was used as the prison, interrogation center, and finally, the place of execution for several thousand Cambodians who were suspected of counter revolutionary ...
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Genocide and Resistance in Southeast Asia: Documentation, Denial, and Justice in Cambodia and East Timor Ben Kiernan
Transaction Publishers, 2007
Two modern cases of genocide and extermination began in Southeast Asia in the same year. Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, and Indonesian forces occupied East Timor from 1975 to 1999. This book examines the horrific consequences of Cambodian communist revolution and Indonesian anti-communist counterinsurgency. It also chronicles the two cases of indigenous resistance ...
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Two Centuries of U.S. Foreign Policy: The Documentary Record 1 review
Praeger Paperback, 1995
A Portable Document Collection
Professor Valone has gathered the seminal documents of United States Foreign Policy and collected them into a compact volume that is both accessible to the novice student and useful for the seasoned scholar.
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Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq 112 reviews Stephen Kinzer
Times Books, 2007
History we should know
+ Great Overview of what US has done to mess up others! + Required reading + Karma Theory + "They Hate Us For Our Freedoms!"
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Vietnam Cambodia Laos & the Greater Mekong (Multi Country Guide) 5 reviews Nick Ray
Lonely Planet, 2007
Decent guidebook for the region
I am not a big fan of Lonely Planet guidebooks as I find they are really lacking in detail but this was the newest guidebook on the region I was visiting so I purchased it. It was decent but definitely lacking. Hopefully one of the other guidebooks will print a new edition for the Cambodia, Vietnam ...
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When The War Was Over: Cambodia And The Khmer Rouge Revolution, Revised Edition 15 reviews Elizabeth Becker
PublicAffairs, 1998
Phenomenal account of the Cambodia situation!!
+ Very interesting about Cambodia, partisan about USA + Vast and Valuable + Excellent. A must read on Cambodian History
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A History of Cambodia 4 reviews David Chandler
Westview Press, 2007
This is what a history book ought to be
+ Good. + Another masterpiece, now available in Khmer translation. + A Respectable Showing--Too Bad It's The Only One
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A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation 5 reviews Eric D. Weitz
Princeton University Press, 2005
Holocausts
+ Synthesis not Thesis
Interesting analytical comparative history of genocide in the twentieth century, in Russia, Germany, Cambodia, and Serbia. After invoking the case of Armenia the author shows the common core of these four in the light of the nineteenth century tide of race and nationalism. The emergence of race as ...
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When Slaves Became Masters: A true-life story of a little boy before, during and after the unfathomable evil ... 10 reviews Rattana Pok
AuthorHouse, 2007
Eye openeing history!!
+ from my best friend + Awesome Book! + When Slaves Became Masters + excellent work
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Genocide in Cambodia and Rwanda: New Perspectives Susan E. Cook
Transaction Publishers, 2005
This volume deals with aspects of genocide in Rwanda and Cambodia that have been largely unexplored to date, including the impact of regional politics and the role played by social institutions in perpetrating genocide. Although the "story" of the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and that of the Rwandan genocide of 1994 have been written about in detail, most have focused on how the genocides took ...
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S21 The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine 6 reviews Houy Him, Mak Thim
FIRST RUN FEATURES, 2005
Every second of our lives, truly blessed and gifted
+ Compelling!!!! A must see + S21 Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
A different kind of a documentary yet incredibly powerful and moving.
When we were young we were told that after our life on earth we would be resurrected before the God of death. Our crimes, every bit of them down to the minutest detail would then be read out and the punishment for the crimes ...
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A Century of Genocide: Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts 1 review Parsons Totten
Routledge, 2004
Very useful
This is a great book for a student who is looking for an overview of genocides from around the world. It is a good first step in holocaust and genocide education.
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The Lost Executioner: A Story of the Khmer Rouge 7 reviews Nic Dunlop
Walker & Company, 2006
Comrade Duch unmasked
+ Ordinary people can commit demonic acts (R.K. Lifton) + Bringing down a monster........ + an eduction we all should have + Very Committed Author
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