Materials drawn from HMD 2010 Denise Affonço Case Study
HMD 2010 Denise Affonço
On April 17th 1975, Khmer Rouge forces entered Phnom Penh, Cambodia and defeated the ruling Lon Nol Army. The taking of Phnom Penh marked the beginning of the Cambodian genocide. Between 1975 and 1979 a brutal revolution took place in Cambodia. Led by Pol Pot, a radical communist group – the Khmer Rouge – seized power following a period of instability. They declared the date year zero and ruthlessly imposed an extremist programme to reconstruct Cambodia (Khmer name: Kampuchea). Working from a warped understanding of Maoist communism, they claimed to be returning society to a golden age when the land was cultivated by peasants. They despised city dwellers.
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