Facing Death in Cambodia / / Peter Maguire.
The Khmer Rouge regime took control of Cambodia by force of arms, then committed the most brazen crimes since the Third Reich: at least 1.5 million people murdered between 1975 and 1979. Yet no individuals were ever tried or punished. This book is the story of Peter Maguire's effort to learn ho...
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Maguire, Peter, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Facing Death in Cambodia / Peter Maguire. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2005] ©2005 1 online resource (280 p.) : 25 photos text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "So you've been to school for a year or two . . ." -- 2. "Do not kill any living creature, with the exception of the enemy." -- 3. "The Angkar is more important to me than my father and mother." -- 4. "The weapon of the mouth" -- 5. "Only the third person knows." -- 6. "I am excellent survivor." -- 7. "Am I a savage person?" -- 8. "She is nice girl, but she is sick." -- 9. "I am no longer HIV positive." -- 10. "I am not dead. I am alive." -- Conclusion: War Crimes Trials as a Welcome Distraction -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The Khmer Rouge regime took control of Cambodia by force of arms, then committed the most brazen crimes since the Third Reich: at least 1.5 million people murdered between 1975 and 1979. Yet no individuals were ever tried or punished. This book is the story of Peter Maguire's effort to learn how Cambodia's "culture of impunity" developed, why it persists, and the failures of the "international community" to confront the Cambodian genocide. Written from a personal and historical perspective, Facing Death in Cambodia recounts Maguire's growing anguish over the gap between theories of universal justice and political realities.Maguire documents the atrocities and the aftermath through personal interviews with victims and perpetrators, discussions with international and NGO officials, journalistic accounts, and government sources gathered during a ten-year odyssey in search of answers. The book includes a selection of haunting pictures from among the thousands taken at the now infamous Tuol Sleng prison (also referred to as S-21), through which at least 14,000 men, women, and children passed-and from which fewer than a dozen emerged alive.What he discovered raises troubling questions: Was the Cambodian genocide a preview of the genocidal civil wars that would follow in the wake of the Cold War? Is international justice an attainable idea or a fiction superimposed over an unbearably dark reality? Did issues of political expediency allow Cambodian leaders to escape prosecution?The Khmer Rouge violated the Nuremberg Principles, the United Nations Charter, the laws of war, and the UN Genocide Convention. Yet in the decade after the regime's collapse, the perpetrators were rescued and rehabilitated-even rewarded-by China, Thailand, the United States, and the UN. According to Peter Maguire, Cambodia holds the key to understanding why recent UN interventions throughout the world have failed to prevent atrocities and to enforce treaties. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Cambodia -- History -- 1975-1979. Political atrocities -- Cambodia. Political atrocities Cambodia. Trials (Genocide) -- Cambodia. Trials (Genocide) Cambodia. HISTORY / Asia / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package 9783110649772 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442472 print 9780231120524 https://doi.org/10.7312/magu12052 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231509398 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231509398/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "So you've been to school for a year or two . . ." -- 2. "Do not kill any living creature, with the exception of the enemy." -- 3. "The Angkar is more important to me than my father and mother." -- 4. "The weapon of the mouth" -- 5. "Only the third person knows." -- 6. "I am excellent survivor." -- 7. "Am I a savage person?" -- 8. "She is nice girl, but she is sick." -- 9. "I am no longer HIV positive." -- 10. "I am not dead. I am alive." -- Conclusion: War Crimes Trials as a Welcome Distraction -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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