Why Did They Kill? Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide

Name: Why Did They Kill? Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide
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ISBN: 9780520241794

ISBN-10: 0520241797

ISBN-13: 9780520241794

Edition: 2005

Authors: Alexander Laban Hinton, Robert Jay Lifton

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Of all the horrors human beings perpetrate, genocide stands near the top of the list. Its toll is staggering: well over 100 million dead worldwide.Why Did They Kill?is one of the first anthropological attempts to analyze the origins of genocide. In it, Alexander Hinton focuses on the devastation that took place in Cambodia from April 1975 to January 1979 under the Khmer Rouge in order to explore why mass murder happens and what motivates perpetrators to kill. Basing his analysis on years of investigative work in Cambodia, Hinton finds parallels between the Khmer Rouge and the Nazi regimes. Policies in Cambodia resulted in the deaths of over 1.7 million of that country's 8 million…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/6/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

A distinguished professor of psychology & psychiatry at John Jay College & the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Robert Jay Lifton is the author of many important works, including "The Nazis Doctors," winner of the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize, & "Death in Life," winner of a National Book Award.



List of Figures


Acknowledgments


Timeline


List of Personages


Foreword



Introduction: In the Shadow of Genocide



The Prison Without Walls


Preamble



A Head for an Eye: Disproportionate Revenge



Power, Patronage, and Suspicion



In the Shade of Pol Pot's Umbrella



The Fire Without Smoke


Preamble



The DK Social Order



Manufacturing Difference



The Dark Side of Face and Honor


Conclusion: Why People Kill


Note on Transliteration


Notes


Bibliography


Index