Author’s Note: The Khmer Rouge were a Marxist-Leninist (Maoist) movement which arose out of the fifth and squalor of French colonial domination across Indochina. It
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The US ‘Imaginings’ of Hitler in Kampuchea (1979-1989)!
By Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD I first approached this subject tentatively, as it was an area I was not familiar with (despite the Hollywood film ‘The
How Forensic Science Will Absolve the Khmer Rouge (1975-1979)
I am of the opinion that the Khmer Rouge did not possess the a) ideological purpose, b) the ability, c) the time, or d) the
KAMPUCHEA: POL POT’S NAME WRITTEN IN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE! (6.6.2019)
Within the Khmer language the name ‘Pol Pot’ is written as ‘ប៉ុល ពត’, with the Chinese language ideograms suggesting the meaning of a ‘Bull-like Individual Who Delivers a Special Message with the Force of a Wave (hitting the shore)’. I intend to carefully research this subject and move through its terrain very carefully, with the idea that this research will encourage others to think for themselves and not accept the rather lazy mainstream narratives at face-value. As usual I reject a priori the bourgeois interpretations as being bias and unreliable, whilst seeking to establish facts from primary Chinese language (and other) sources. There is no need to ‘defend’ this method as it is nothing other than good academic practice.
Why Did Vietnam Invade Kampuchea in 1979?
I have studied the War for Independence in Vietnam from 1945 – 1975, focusing upon Ho Chi Minh and General Giap as two exemplary leaders
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 