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Itinerary of an ordinary torturer : interview with Duch, former Khmer Rouge Commander of S-21 / Christophe Peschoux, Haing Kheng Heng ; foreword by David Chandler.
- Title
- Itinerary of an ordinary torturer : interview with Duch, former Khmer Rouge Commander of S-21 / Christophe Peschoux, Haing Kheng Heng ; foreword by David Chandler.
- Author
- Peschoux, Christophe
- Publication
- Chiang Mai, Thailand : Silkworm Books, 2016.
- ©2016
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- Description
- xv, 192 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 21 cm
- Uniform Title
- Itinéraire d'un tortionnaire ordinaire. English
- Alternative Title
- Itinéraire d'un tortionnaire ordinaire.
- Subject
- Kang, Kech Ieu, 1942- > Interviews
- Kang, Kech Ieu, 1942-
- Parti communiste du Kampuchea
- Parti communiste du Kampuchea
- Rote Khmer
- 1900-1999
- Political atrocities > Cambodia > History > 20th century
- Genocide > Cambodia > History > 20th century
- Torturers > Cambodia > Interviews
- Genocide
- Political atrocities
- Politics and government
- Torturers
- Völkermord
- Folter
- Politische Verfolgung
- Straflager
- Cambodia > Politics and government > 1975-1979
- Cambodia
- Kambodscha
- Genre/Form
- History
- Interviews
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical reference and index.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the French, interview translated from the Khmer.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword -- Introduction -- Profile of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch -- The interview. From mathematics to M-13 and S-21 -- S-21 : party, power, and hierarchy -- Power of arrest, power of death -- Origin of the policy of "smashing" spies and enemies -- Inside S-21 -- The staff of S-21 -- The selection of prisoners for interrogation -- Confessions, torture, and confusion -- The elusive truth : paranoia, terror, and self-destruction -- Doubts and depression : end of the illusion? -- S-21, a secret institution -- Foreign prisoners -- The last days of S-21, and the continuing purges -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 9786162151149
- 616215114X
- LCCN
- ^^2015317437
- OCLC
- 933273574
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library