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UNINA9910828958103321 |
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Autore |
Chandler David P (David Porter), <1933-> |
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Titolo |
Voices from S-21 [[electronic resource] ] : terror and history in Pol Pot's secret prison |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1999 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-92455-X |
1-59734-982-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Genocide |
Political persecution |
Political prisoners |
Political prisoners - Cambodia |
Torture |
Torture-- Cambodia |
Torture - Cambodia |
Political persecution - Cambodia |
Genocide - Cambodia |
Cambodia Politics and government 1975-1979 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1. Discovering S-21; 2. S-21: A Total Institution; 3. Choosing the Enemies; 4. Framing the Questions; 5. Forcing the Answers; 6. Explaining S-21; Appendix. Siet Chhe's Denial of Incest; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The horrific torture and execution of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge during the 1970's 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 institutions, the secret prison outside Phnom Penh known by the code name ""S-21. |
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