History: The Khmer Rouge

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The Khmer Rouge should be listed as one of the most horrific events in history. These sources portray the violent acts of this group. Each of these sources will allow me to incorporate the historical timeline of how the group formed and how much destruction was caused in Cambodia into the essay. Having this information will provide the audience a better understanding of the horrendous magnitude the country and its people went through.

Chaumeau, Christine. "More Denial." Far Eastern Economic Review 164.29 (2001): 26-7. ProQuest. Web. 18 Sep. 2015. Christine Chaumeau’s “More Denial” is about the finding of more than 1,000 documents that support the crimes against humanity against seven of the living leaders of the Khmer Rouge. The documents
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He learned about this center after attending a trial of the first Khmer Rouge leader, Duch, to ever be tried in Cambodia. Hinton goes on to write about the trial and what was discovered about Tuol Sleng. There were survivors at the trial that did not accept Duch’s apology. Kiernan, Ben. The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, And Genocide In Cambodia Under The Khmer Rouge, 1975-79. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 18 Sept. 2015.
The Pol Pot Regime : Race, Power, And Genocide In Cambodia Under The Khmer Rouge, 1975-79 by Ben Kiernan is a historiography reading that provides a timeline on the events that occurred before the regime, during their rule and how it came to an end. He takes the reader through a round table discussion that started it all. Kiernan continues to delve into the gruesome genocide that took place and the Khmer Rouge’s way of rationing why it was necessary. He ends his book with how flawed their power was and the party was defeated.

Lemkin, Rob, and Thet Sambeth, dir. Enemies of the People. Prod. Thet Sambath. 2011. Web. 27 Sept.

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