Pol Pot's Little Red Book: The Sayings of Angkar

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Pol Pot's Little Red Book: The Sayings of Angkar

This handbook of slogans, interspersed with historical commentary and contextual analysis, describes the Khmer Rouge regime and exposes the horrific foundation upon which it constructed its reign of terror. On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized power in Phnom Penh. In the three years, eight months, and twenty days of their government, they made a tabula rasa of Cambodian society and culture, forcing the people to evacuate the cities and move to the countryside. They instituted a total collectivism based on the doctrine of "Pol Pot-ism," the Cambodian version of fundamentalist Maoism.

Assembled in this collection are the sayings that make up a "newspeak" uttered by the Khmer Rouge cadres: slogans, maxims, advice, instructions, watchwords, orders, warnings, and threats. All were spoken in the name of the ominous Angkar--a faceless and lawless "Organization"--n order to indoctrinate, control, and terrorize the populace.

These sayings have been collected from survivors throughout Cambodia between 1991 and 1995. They form the macabre, bare-bones skeleton of Khmer Rouge ideology.
Country USA
Brand Silkworm Books
Manufacturer Silkworm Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9789749575567
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EANs 9789749575567
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Silkworm Books
Manufacturer	Silkworm Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9789749575567
UnitCount	1
EANs	9789749575567
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Pol Pot's Little Red Book: The Sayings of Angkar

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