A HISTORY OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA (1975-1979): Dy Khamboly (2007)
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BROTHER ENEMY – Nayan Chanda Translated by Tep Meng Khean (2007)
This book by the bureau chief for the Far Eastern Economic Review examines the third Indochina War and offers an explanation for the Cambodian genocide. Chanda posits that the Khmer Rouge built their revolution at breakneck speed to prepare for a life-and- death struggle against the Vietnamese, and the means they used to do this […]
BUDDHISM UNDER POL POT, Ian Harris (2007)
This new book by Ian Harris, Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Cumbria, UK, explores the fate of Buddhism before, during, and shortly after Democratic Kampuchea. Prum Phalla of the Documentation Center of Cambodia provided research assistance on this project. Dr. Harris begins with an examination of Buddhism under Sihanouk and Lon Nol, […]
JOURNEY TO FREEDOM: Ronnie Yimsut Translated by Eng Kok-Thay (2006)
In this memoir, Cambodian-American Yimsut recalls his experiences as a 15-year old boy who survived five years of civil war, three years in a labor camp, Thai prison, and refugee camps before becoming a naturalized US citizen. Funding provided by NZAID (New Zealand) and the author.
THE CHAM REBELLION: Survivors’ Stories from the Villages, Ysa Osman (2006)
In October 1975, two Cham Muslim villages in Kampong Cham province staged brief and ill-fated rebellions against their oppressors, who had banned the practice of Islam. Armed with swords, knives, sticks, stones and two guns, they killed a member of the subdistrict committee and the chief of the district youth group. After the rebellions were […]
THE KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL, John D. Ciorciari (2006)
Between April 1975 and January 1979, the radical Khmer Rouge regime subjected Cambodians to a wave of atrocities that left over one in four Cambodians dead. For nearly three decades, call for justice went unanswered, and the architects of Khmer Rouge terror enjoyed almost unfettered impunity. Only recently has a tribunal been established to put […]
VANISHED: Stories from Cambodia’s New People under Democratic Kampuchea, Pivoine Beang and Wynne Cougill (2006)
For centuries, Cambodia’s rural peasants had lived in modest circumstances with few entitlements, while the country’s tiny urban elite enjoyed more opportunities and privileges. But in April 1975 when the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia, they reversed this social order. Hundreds of thousands of city dwellers were evacuated to the countryside, where they were […]
WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution – Elizabeth Becker Translated by Sokha Irene (2005)
Reporter Becker, who covered Cambodia for the Washington Post, examines the historical patterns of violence and authority in Cambodia that allowed the Khmer Rouge to ascend to power and made the genocide possible. She also examines the roles of the United States and other members of the United Nations in betraying Cambodia. The book is […]
HISTOIRE DU CAMBODGE: Depuis Le 1er Siècle de Notre Ère Adhemard Leclère Translated by Tep Meng Khean (2005)
TUM TEAV: A Translation and Analysis of a Cambodian Literary Classic, George Chigas (2005)
Tum Teav is the tragic love story of a talented novice monk named Tum and a beautiful adolescent girl named Teav. Well known throughout Cambodia since at least the middle of the 19th century, the story has been told in oral, historical, literary, theatre, and film versions. This monograph contains the author’s translation of the […]