Voices from S-21 : terror and history in Pol Pot's secret prison /

The horrific torture and execution of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge during the 1970s is one of the century's major human disasters. David Chandler, a world-renowned historian of Cambodia, examines the Khmer Rouge phenomenon by focusing on one of its key insti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chandler, David P. (David Porter), 1933-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
1975-1979
Torture > Cambodia.
Political prisoners > Cambodia.
Political persecution > Cambodia.
Genocide > Cambodia.
Torture > Cambodge.
Génocide > Cambodge.
Répression politique > Cambodge.
Prisonniers politiques > Cambodge.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Genocide
Political persecution
Political prisoners
Politics and government
Torture
Politieke gevangenen.
Massamoorden.
Rode Khmer.
Atrocités politiques > Cambodge > 1970-2000.
Cambodia > Politics and government > 1975-1979.
Cambodge > Politique et gouvernement > 1975-1979.
Cambodia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Discovering S-21
  • S-21: a total institution
  • Choosing the enemies
  • Framing the questions
  • Forcing the answers
  • Explaining S-21
  • Appendix. Siet Chhe's denial of incest.

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