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History by other means.(Letter from Cambodia)
When a graceful, smiling Cambodian waitress expresses the hope, in the imperative mood, that you enjoy your breakfast, you can't help wondering what she means by it, if anything at all. Can it really matter very much in a country with a recent history such as Cambodia's whether or not a visitor enjoys his breakfast? (As a matter of fact, I did).
Of course, daily life has to go on, even after a catastrophic historical experience. Indeed, such an experience is soon forgotten, in the sense of not being present in the mind all the time. For example, I recall the time I crossed into Germany from France with my mother. It was nearly thirty years since my mother had ...
- Khmer Rouge has copy of Pol Pot: Ta Mok, known as `the Butcher,' may be its new...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Ehrlich, Richard August 4, 1997 700+ words
...whose center is massing evidence against Pol Pot and other Khmer Rouge leaders. "Pol Pot is willing to trade a bad reputation...argues that Hun Sen would want to suggest Pol Pot is still running the Khmer Rouge as this would make it harder for Prince...
- Khmer Rouge Leader Pol Pot Believed Dead in Cambodia
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition June 7, 1996 700+ words
00-00-0000 Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, who spearheaded the...reports this morning that Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot may be dead. More than...Kay Magistad reports, the Khmer Rouge have kept Pol Pot out of sight. MARY KAY...
- KHMER ROUGE'S POL POT, KNOWN FOR HIS `KILLING FIELDS,' GIVES UP.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) June 19, 1997 700+ words
...century, the fugitive Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, surrendered to...fighting here since the Khmer Rouge were driven from...seriously ill, Pol Pot has not been seen...The general said Pol Pot gave himself up in the Khmer Rouge northern ...
- CAMBODIANS FEAR THE RETURN OF POL POT AND KHMER ROUGE.(Main)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) November 28, 1991 700+ words
...other face" of the Khmer Rouge is Pol Pot, the chauvinistic...the 63-year-old Pol Pot retired as leader of the Khmer Rouge nearly four years ago...each concession by the Khmer Rouge. One hint that Pol Pot has not changed his...
- Khmer Rouge defendant: Pol Pot a 'murderer'.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire May 26, 2009 700+ words
...for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge blamed the group's late leader Pol Pot for its murderous...79 communist Khmer Rouge regime from forced...executions. "Pol Pot was a murderer...like many senior Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot resented Vietnam...
- The friends of Pol Pot. (omission of US complicity in the activities of Khmer...
- Magazine article from: The Nation Pilger, John May 11, 1998 700+ words
...truth is that Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge would be historical...secretly backing Pol Pot in exile. Direct...House and the Khmer Rouge when Dr. Ray...Soviet foe and Pol Pot's most enduring...rehabilitate and use the Khmer Rouge to bring ...
- 'I Knew Nothing'; Pol Pot thought of me as a patriot, but intellectual--in...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International September 18, 2006 700+ words
...the policies of the Khmer Rouge? No relationship...unrealizable thesis. [Khmer Rouge leader] Pol Pot thought of me as a...late 1998, after Pol Pot's death and the...to talk to former Khmer Rouge fighters and cadres...
- The devil's due. (capture of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Adler, Jerry Moreau, Ron June 30, 1997 700+ words
...the world. Former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, the man principally...clashes, threw the Khmer Rouge out of Phnom Penh. Pol Pot escaped to the jungle...covertly supported the Khmer Rouge for much of that...that bad. Nor did Pol Pot's capture ...
