Facing Death in Cambodia

Name: Facing Death in Cambodia
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ISBN: 9780231120524

ISBN-10: 0231120524

ISBN-13: 9780231120524

Edition: 2005

Authors: Peter Maguire, Peter H. Maguire

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The Khmer Rouge regime took control of Cambodia by force of arms, then committed the most brazen crimes since the Third Reich: at least 1.5 million people murdered between 1975 and 1979. Yet no individuals were ever tried or punished. This book is the story of Peter Maguire's effort to learn how Cambodia's "culture of impunity" developed, why it persists, and the failures of the "international community" to confront the Cambodian genocide. Written from a personal and historical perspective, "Facing Death in Cambodia" recounts Maguire's growing anguish over the gap between theories of universal justice and political realities. Maguire documents the atrocities and the aftermath through…

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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 3/30/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.94" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Peter Maguire, the author of Law and War: An American Story, has taught at Bard College and Columbia University.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



"So You've Been to School for a Year or Two..."



"Do Not Kill Any Living Creature, with the Exception of the Enemy."



"The Angkar is More Important to Me than my Father and Mother."



"The Weapon of the Mouth"



"Only the Third Person Knows."



"I am Excellent Survivor."



"Am I a Savage Person?"



"She is Nice Girl, but she is Sick."



"I am no Longer HIV Positive."



"I am not Dead. I am Alive."


Conclusion: War Crimes Trials as a Welcome Distraction


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index