The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia Under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79

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.

Praise for the Book:

• "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 work is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era and its impact on Cambodia.