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How Pol Pot came to power, colonialism, nationalism, and communism in Cambodia, 1930-1975, Ben Kiernan

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How Pol Pot came to power, colonialism, nationalism, and communism in Cambodia, 1930-1975, Ben Kiernan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How Pol Pot came to power

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Ben Kiernan

Sub title

colonialism, nationalism, and communism in Cambodia, 1930-1975

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

The origins of Khmer politics: Kampuchea between the wars -- Contending colonialisms: 1940-49 -- Contending nationalisms: 1949-52 -- Stalemate: 1952-54 -- International supervision -- The changing of the vanguard: "political struggle", 1955-66 -- The first civil war, 1967-70 -- Contending communisms: the second civil war, 1970-75

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