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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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Additional Authors
  • Kang, Kech Ieu, 1942-
  • Haing Kheng Heng
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