Behind the Killing Fields : : A Khmer Rouge Leader and One of His Victims / / Gina Chon, Sambath Thet.
In recent history, atrocities have often been committed in the name of lofty ideals. One of the most disturbing examples took place in Cambodia's Killing Fields, where tens of thousands of victims were executed and hastily disposed of by Khmer Rouge cadres. Nearly thirty years after these blood...
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Chon, Gina, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Behind the Killing Fields : A Khmer Rouge Leader and One of His Victims / Gina Chon, Sambath Thet. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011] ©2010 1 online resource (212 p.) : 8 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Faceless Father -- 3. The New World Order -- 4. The Lost Childhood -- 5. The Vietnam Factor -- 6. The Missing Brother -- 7. The Enemies -- 8. The Year Zero -- 9. The Implosion -- 10. The Rebuilding -- 11. The Homecoming -- 12. The Understanding -- 13. The Killing Fields -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In recent history, atrocities have often been committed in the name of lofty ideals. One of the most disturbing examples took place in Cambodia's Killing Fields, where tens of thousands of victims were executed and hastily disposed of by Khmer Rouge cadres. Nearly thirty years after these bloody purges, two journalists entered the jungles of Cambodia to uncover secrets still buried there.Based on more than 1,000 hours of interviews with the top surviving Khmer Rouge leader, Nuon Chea, Behind the Killing Fields follows the journey of a man who began as a dedicated freedom fighter and wound up accused of crimes against humanity. Known as Brother Number 2, Chea was Pol Pot's top lieutenant. He is now in prison, facing prosecution in a United Nations-Cambodian tribunal for his actions during the Khmer Rouge rule, when more than two million Cambodians died. The book traces how the seeds of the Killing Fields were sown and what led one man to believe that mass killing was necessary for the greater good.Coauthor Sambath Thet, a Khmer Rouge survivor, shares his personal perspectives on the murderous regime and how some victims have managed to rebuild their lives. The stories of Nuon Chea and Sambath Thet collide when the two meet. While Thet holds Chea responsible for the death of his parents and brother, he strives for understanding over revenge in order to reveal the forces that destroyed his homeland in the name of creating utopia.In this age of suicide bombers and terror alerts, the world is still at a loss to comprehend the violence of zealots. Behind the Killing Fields bravely confronts this challenge in an exclusive portrait of one man's political madness and another's personal wisdom. 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 24. Apr 2022) Genocide Cambodia. Political atrocities Cambodia. Human Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism. bisacsh African Studies. Asian Studies. Autobiography. Biography. History. Law. Middle Eastern Studies. Political Science. Public Policy. Thet, Sambath, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015 9783110638721 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection 9783110413458 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Law & Political Science 9783110413526 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110459548 print 9780812242454 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812201598 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812201598 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812201598/original |
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