ISBN:
0520222474
,
0520220056
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 238, [14] p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Hunton, Alan Book-Reviews 2001
Parallel Title:
Print version Voices From S-21 : Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison
DDC:
303.6/09596
Keywords:
Genocide
;
Political prisoners
;
Political persecution
;
Torture
;
Cambodia ; Politics and government ; 1975-1979
;
Genocide ; Cambodia
;
Political persecution ; Cambodia
;
Political prisoners ; Cambodia
;
Torture ; Cambodia
;
Electronic books
;
Cambodia Politics and government 1975-1979
Abstract:
The horrific torture and execution of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge during the 1970s is one of the century's major human disasters. David Chandler, a world-renowned historian of Cambodia, examines the Khmer Rouge phenomenon by focusing on one of its key institutions, the secret prison outside Phnom Penh known by the code name "S-21
Description / Table of Contents:
Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1. Discovering S-21; 2. S-21: A Total Institution; 3. Choosing the Enemies; 4. Framing the Questions; 5. Forcing the Answers; 6. Explaining S-21; Appendix. Siet Chhe's Denial of Incest; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-232) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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