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The lost executioner : a story of Comrade Duch and the Khmer Rouge / Nic Dunlop

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2009Copyright date: ©2005Description: xviii, 331 pages : map, portraits ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781408804018 pbk
Subject(s): Scope and content: Between 1975 and 1979 Cambodia succumbed to one of the most bloodthirsty revolutions in modern history. Nearly two million people were killed. As head of the Khmer Rouge's secret police, Comrade Duch was responsible for the murder of more than 20,000 of them. Twenty years later, not one member of the Khmer Rouge had been held accountable for what happened, and Comrade Duch had disappeared. Nic Dunlop became obsessed with the idea of finding Duch and shedding light on a secret and brutal world that had been sealed off to outsiders. Then, by chance, he came face to face with him...
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Between 1975 and 1979 Cambodia succumbed to one of the most bloodthirsty revolutions in modern history. Nearly two million people were killed. As head of the Khmer Rouge's secret police, Comrade Duch was responsible for the murder of more than 20,000 of them. Twenty years later, not one member of the Khmer Rouge had been held accountable for what happened, and Comrade Duch had disappeared. Nic Dunlop became obsessed with the idea of finding Duch and shedding light on a secret and brutal world that had been sealed off to outsiders. Then, by chance, he came face to face with him...

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