Mass Atrocities in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge Reign of Terror

This chapter seeks to shed some light on both state violence and mass atrocities committed under the Khmer Rouge reign of terror (from April 1975 to the end of 1978) and their legacies, especially with regard to the ways in which they have been dealt with.¹ I have argued elsewhere that the scope and...

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Published inState Violence in East Asia p. 129
Main Author Sorpong Peou
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The University Press of Kentucky 2013
University Press of Kentucky
Subjects
Armed conflict
Behavioral sciences
Communism
Crime
Crimes against humanity
Criminal justice
Criminal law
Criminal offenses
Criminology
Genocide
Human behavior
International politics
International relations
Jurisprudence
Justice
Law
Military science
Philosophy of law
Political ideologies
Political oppression & persecution
Political philosophy
Political science
Political violence
Politics
Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000
Retributive justice
Socialism
Violence
Violent crimes
War
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Summary:This chapter seeks to shed some light on both state violence and mass atrocities committed under the Khmer Rouge reign of terror (from April 1975 to the end of 1978) and their legacies, especially with regard to the ways in which they have been dealt with.¹ I have argued elsewhere that the scope and gravity of violence committed by the Khmer Rouge regime were far more extensive and brutal than under any other political regime in Cambodia.² When assessed in terms of scale and gravity, the mass atrocities that took place under the Khmer Rouge rank first among the world’s
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