The Khmer Rouge movement in Cambodia / Ben Kiernan -- The early Khmer Rouge destroyed many enemies and laid the groundwork for further development / Pol Pot et al -- Cambodia women in the Revolutionary War for People's National Liberation / Khmer Rouge Wartime Propaganda -- Blue scarves and yellow stars: classification and symbolization of the Cambodian genocide / Gregory H. Stanton -- A former Cambodian high school became a torture and killng center / CJ -- Forensic investigations reveal the scale of Cambodia suffering / Craig Etcheson -- Khmer Rouge chief jailer gets life in prison / Sopheng Cheang -- Ex-Khmer Rouge leader blames U.S. / Seth Mydans -- Khmer Rouge leaders must take responsiblitiy for their own crimes / Henry Kamm -- Khmer Rouge were not bad people, former leader tells court / The Guardian -- The United States and Great Britain supported Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge / John Pilger -- Isolation has worsened the suffering of Cambodians / Eva Mysliwiec -- 30 years later, fall of Phnom Penh recalled / Boston.com -- Various problems have delayed the trials of Khmer Rouge leaders / Chris Tenove -- Decisive trials of Khmer Rouge leaders may mean that Cambodia is finally coming to terms with its genocide / James Pringle -- Past stil haunts Khmer genocide survivor / Antonio Graceffo -- Khmer Rouge survivor describes torture at S-21 / Sopheng Cheang -- A Cambodian labor camp inmate is reunited with his brother / Daran Kravanh and Bree Lanfreniere.
Summary:
The Genocide and Persecution series provides high school, early college level, and general interest readers with anthologies of previously published materials on acts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and other instances of extreme persecution, with an emphasis on events taking place in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The series offers basic historical background on these significant events in modern world history, presenting the issues and controversies surrounding the events, and providing first-person narratives from people whose lives were altered by the events, either directly or indirectly.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.