The Pol Pot regime race, power, and genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975 - 79 Kiernan, Ben 1953- creator text xx# monographic eng XIII, 477 S. : Ill., Kt. The Khmer Rouge revolution turned Cambodia into grisly killing fields, as the Pol Pot regime murdered or starved to death a million and a half of Cambodia's eight million inhabitants. This book - the first comprehensive study of the Pol Pot regime - describes the violent origins, social context, and course of the revolution, providing a new answer to the question of why a group of Cambodian intellectuals imposed genocide on their own country. Ben Kiernan. Atrocités politiques - Cambodge Communisme - Cambodge Génocide - Cambodge Massamoorden Revoluties Rode Khmer Kommunismus Politik Communism Cambodia Genocide Cambodia Political atrocities Cambodia Völkermord Kommunismus Politik Cambodge - Politique et gouvernement - 1975-1979 Cambodia - Politics and government - 1975- Cambodia Politics and government 1975-1979 Kambodscha Parti communiste du Kampuchea Parti communiste du Kampuchea Rote Khmer Pol Pot 1928-1998 Geschichte 1975-1979 gnd rswk-swf DS554.8 959.604 ASO 20.2 MH 54096 NQ 9050 0-300-06113-7 0-300-07052-7 ANTI FREIZ 473----- 960722 19980728 990003209000302884