Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-168) and index 내용: Introduction -- The faceless father -- The new world order -- The lost childhood -- The Vietnam factor -- The missing brother -- The enemies -- The year zero -- The implosion -- The rebuilding -- The homecoming -- The understanding -- The killing fields
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Contents
1 Introduction 1
2 The Faceless Father 9
3 The New World Order 13
4 The Lost Childhood 44
5 The Vietnam Factor 47
6 The Missing Brother 79
7 The Enemies 82
8 The Year Zero 121
9 The Implosion 124
10 The Rebuilding 140
11 The Homecoming 144
12 The Understanding 152
13 The Killing Fields 159
Bibliography 167
Index 169
Acknowledgments 177
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Behind the killing fields : a Khmer Rouge leader and one of his victims 이용현황 표 - 등록번호, 청구기호, 권별정보, 자료실, 이용여부로 구성 되어있습니다.
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This is not a historical textbook about the Khmer Rouge regime, nor is it a story based solely on facts, for much of it comes from the perspective of Nuon Chea. This account delves inside the mind of a man who presided over violence in the name of creating utopia and is still able to rationalize the atrocities. It is our hope that this story transcends the Cambodian context to also tell the tale of a man who made the ultimate moral transformation a human being can make. Nuon Chea did not begin his life with a vision to destroy his nation. And the crimes perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge, like other tragic events in history, cannot be explained through ideology alone. The leaders of such regimes are shaped by their personal experiences, which permeate their policymaking. And their good intentions and their best theories can become horrifically perverted in practice.Atrocities have always been committed in the name of lofty ideals. One of the most disturbing examples in recent memory took place in Cambodia's Killing Fields, where tens of thousands of victims were executed and hastily disposed of by Khmer Rouge cadres. Nearly thirty years after these bloody purges, two journalists entered the jungles of Cambodia to uncover secrets still buried there.Based on more than 1,000 hours of interviews with the top Khmer Rouge leader still living, Nuon Chea, Behind the Killing Fields follows the journey of a man who began as a dedicated freedom fighter and wound up accused of crimes against humanity. Known as Brother Number 2, Chea was Pol Pot's top lieutenant. Nuon Chea is now in prison, facing prosecution in a United Nations-Cambodian tribunal for his actions during the Khmer Rouge rule, when more than two million Cambodians died. The book traces how the seeds of the Killing Fields were sown and what led one man to believe that mass killing was necessary for the greater good.Coauthor Sambath Thet, a Khmer Rouge victim, shares his personal perspectives on the murderous regime and how some victims have managed to rebuild their lives. The stories of Nuon Chea and Sambath Thet collide when the two meet. While Thet holds Chea responsible for the death of his parents and brother, he strives for understanding rather than revenge in order to reveal the forces that destroyed his homeland in the name of creating utopia.In this age of suicide bombers and terror alerts, the world is still at a loss to comprehend the violence of zealots. Behind the Killing Fields bravely confronts this challenge in an exclusive portrait of one man's political madness and another's personal wisdom.