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Ben Kiernan

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Ben Kiernan is an Australian-born historian of Cambodia and genocide who has taught at Yale University. He founded the Cambodian Genocide Program, which documents the crimes of the Khmer Rouge and studies their historical and political context. His book The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-1979, first published in 1996, is a detailed scholarly study of the regime, its ideology, and its violence.

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What is The Pol Pot Regime by Ben Kiernan about?

The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-1979 examines how the Khmer Rouge governed Cambodia and carried out mass violence. Yale University Press published the book in 1996.

What did Ben Kiernan's Cambodian Genocide Program do?

The Cambodian Genocide Program documented crimes committed during the Khmer Rouge period and studied their historical and political context. Kiernan founded and directed the program at Yale beginning in 1994.

Does Ben Kiernan write only about Cambodia?

Cambodia is central to Kiernan's work, but his research also covers Vietnam, East Timor, genocide, colonialism, nationalism, and communism. His 2007 book Blood and Soil extends the analysis to a world history of genocide and extermination.

What years does Ben Kiernan's main study of the Khmer Rouge cover?

The Pol Pot Regime covers 1975 to 1979, the period when the Khmer Rouge controlled Cambodia. The book links race, political power, forced labor, and genocide under Democratic Kampuchea.

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