{"product_id":"9780300144345","title":"The Pol Pot Regime : Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79 by Ben Kiernan","description":"This edition of Ben Kiernan's definitive account of the Cambodian revolution and genocide includes a new preface that takes the story up to 2008 and the UN-sponsored Khmer Rouge tribunal.    ?\"Deeply detailed, meticulously reported. . . . Important [and] valuable.\" -Nation ?\"In this authoritative work, Ben Kiernan . . . explores the reasons why Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge revolution became a Cambodian nightmare.\" -Richard Gough, Times Higher Education Supplement ?\"Perhaps the most complete [account of Pol Pot's terror] and the closest to Cambodian sources.\" -Economist ?\"One of the most important contributions to the subject so far.\" -R. B. Smith, Asian Affairs ?\"Kiernan, the leading authority on modern Cambodia, meticulously examines Pol Pot's killing machine and clears up many misconceptions found in earlier studies. . . . An important book for students of genocide as well as scholars of Southeast Asia.\" -Library Journal ?\"[A] detailed and chilling history.\" -Asiaweek ?\"The most detailed history to date of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. . . . This book . . . will certainly be the benchmark against which all future research on the Khmer Rouge must be measured. Very highly recommended.\" -Choice\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56232640971125,"sku":"9780300144345","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780300144345.jpg?v=1762277072","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780300144345","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}