Brother Number One

A Political Biography Of Pol Pot
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-31472-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 563 g

In the tragic recent history of Cambodia?a past scarred by a long occupation by Vietnamese forces and by the preceding three-year reign of terror by the brutal Khmer Rouge?no figure looms larger or more ominously than that of Pol Pot. As secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) since 1962 and as prime minister of

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chandler, David P

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction, 2 "Original Khmer," 1928-1949, 3 Becoming a Communist, 1949-1953, 4 Multiple Identities, 1953-1963, 5 "Red Khmer," 1963-1970, 6 Coming to Power, 1970-1976, 7 Prairie Fire, 1976-1977, 8 Coming Apart, 1977-1979, 9 "Grandfather 87," 1979-1998

Über Autor(innen)

David P Chandler, an emeritus professor of history at Monash University in Australia, is currently an adjunct Professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University.