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secrecy of
Sihanouk's persecution of.
See
under
Norodom Sihanouk, Prince
and student unrest
totalitarianism of
and Vietnamese-trained returnees
war rationale
youth recruitment and indoctrination
zone organization
See also
Zones
See also
Chronology; Khmer Rouge resistance; Khmer Rouge revolution; Workers Party of Kampuchea
Khmer Rouge army
casualties
conditions in
of Eastern Zone
entry into Second Indochina War
ideology
Khmer Republic perception of
organization and strategies
outclassed by Vietnamese
1968 offensive and counterattack
1973 campaign
1974 campaign
1975 offensive and victory
purge of
responsible for class warfare
of Southwest Zone
troop strength and readiness
Vietnamese-trained returnees in
women and youth in
Khmer Rouge leadership
background of
central leadership of DK.
See under
Democratic Kampuchea
cooperation in purges
flight from Sihanouk's persecution
and FUNK front
influences on
Paris group as head of
after peace settlement
photographic pamphlet of
positions within
psychology of
See also
Khmer Rouge, psychology of
Saloth Sar chosen as party leader
“Three Ghosts”
and Vietnamese-Cambodian relations
Vietnamese communists' treatment of
See also specific leaders
Khmer Rouge resistance
alliance with non-communist resistance groups.
See
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea; Resistance, noncommunist
China's support for
diplomatic freedom of
and P-5 talks
Pailin captured by
and Paris Conference
after peace settlement
and peace settlement
See also
Resistance
Khmer Rouge revolution
attack on society
beginning of armed revolution
casualties
categorization of people
class warfare
economic plans
failure of
industrialization plans
liberalization policies
military aid denied to
1978 declared turning point of
pace of
precedents for
reign of terror
See also
Cooperatives; Democratic Kampuchea; Purges; Tuol Sleng
second revolution
socialist revolution stage
victim's stories
war communism phase
See also
Cooperatives
Khmer Serei
See also
Son Ngoc Thanh
Killing fields
Killing Fields
, The
Kimmit, Robert
Kim Trang.
See
Ieng Sary
Kissinger, Henry A.
Koh Kong province
Koh Tang
Koh, Tommy T. B.
Kompong Cham
See also
Eastern Zone
Kompong Som
Kompong Speu
See also
Southwestern Zone
Kompong Thom
Kong Kech Eav.
See
Duch
Korean War
See also
Geneva Conference
Kossamak, Queen
Koy Thuon
arrest and execution of
Khmer Rouge career
photograph described
KPRP.
See
Khmer People's Revolutionary Party
Kraisak Choonhaven
Kratie
Krek
Labor, forced
during Angkor era
child labor
under Khmer Rouge
See also
Cooperatives
Vietnamese labor camps
Labor organizations
La Maison des Papillions
Landowners
Language
Khmer vs. Vietnamese
use of under Khmer Rouge
Lao communists
Laos
communists decision to use force against government
consequences of Geneva Conference
dance
during First Indochina War
floods of 1978
foreign journalists in
foreign minister assassinated
under French colonial rule
Joint Informal Meetings (JIMs) on Cambodia
during Second Indochina War
and Vietnam
Vietnamese-Lao relations
See also
Lao communists
League for Vietnamese Independence.
See
Vietminh
Le Duan
Le Duc Tho
Le Dynasty
Lee Kwan Yew
Le Loi
Le Monde
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich
L'Humanité
Liberation of Cambodia from French Colonialism (student organization)
Library, royal
Likhit Hongladarom
List of Thirty-Four
Liu Shao Ch'i
L'Observateur
Lok Ueang Thiounn
Long Boret
Lon Nol
alliance with Thanh
appeals for help against Vietnamese communists
coup d'état against Sihanouk
draft constitution
early military and political career
elections rigged by
elimination of Sihanouk's domestic programs
forced departure of
goals of
“holy war”
inflationary practices
Ith Sarin jailed by
Khmer Rouge invited to join ceasefire by
leadership of Khmer Republic
losses during Second Indochina War
minorities persecuted by
murder of
Pracheacon
editor allegedly ordered by
Neo Khmerisme
North Vietnamese arms skimmed off by
personality and background
religious and occult beliefs
rights suspended by
in Sihanouk's government
stroke
tactical and strategic mistakes of
United States and
Los Angeles Times
Loth Suong
Lyceés.
See
Education; Kampucheabutr; Sisowath School
Maat, Bob
Magic
Mahayana Buddhism
Mahbubani, Kishore
Malaria
Malaya
Malaysia
Malnutrition, of children
Man, Comrade
Mao Zedong
communist revolution
death
Great Leap Forward
as inspiration to Pol Pot
party history published by
on policy of terror
political executions
son's death
Marriage
of Deth and Hout Bophana
Khmer Rouge restrictions on
Marshall Plan
Martin, Claude
on Australian peace efforts
background and diplomatic career
efforts to undercut Khmer Rouge
and Hun Sen-Sihanouk meetings
and Igor Rogachev
meeting with Thach
and P-5 talks
and Paris Conference
support for Sihanouk
Marty, André
Marxism.
See
French Communist Party; Marxist Circle
Marxist Circle
Marxist-Leninism
Massacres.
See
Human rights abuses; Purges
Mass graves
Mayaguez
incident
May family
May Sisopha
May Someth
Medical care, under Khmer Rouge
Mekong River
crossed by Highway Seven
floods of 1978
French hopes for as road to China
strategic importance
Mekong valley
Men San
Mey Komphot
banking career
Becker's concerns for
decision to stay in Cambodia
decision to support Khmer Rouge
education and background
during evacuation from Phnom Penh
flight and resettlement in Canada
in forced labor cooperative
under Khmer Republic
and Khmer Rouge entry into Phnom Penh
name changed to Phot
and Vietnam War
MIAs.
See
POW-MIA issue
Middle class
See also
Class warfare
Miles, Steven
Military.
See under
specific regimes
Mills Griffith, Ann
Minh Mang
Minorities
Khmer Rouge purges of
persecution by Khmer Rouge
See also
Chams; Chinese, ethnic; Khmer Leou; Thai, ethnic; Vietnamese, ethnic
Missing in action (US). See POWMIA issue
Mitchell, George
Mittapheap
Mitterrand, François
Modernization
Mok.
See
Ta Mok
Monarchy
abolishment of
during Angkor Empire
feuds over
nature of
people's support for
reestablishment of following peace settlement
See also
specific monarchs
“Monarchy or Democracy?” (Saloth Sar)
Mondale, Walter
Moneylenders
Monique, Princess
Montgomery, G. V (Sonny)
Moore, John
Mouhot, Henri
Muller, Bobby
Murders
See also
Executions; Human rights abuses; Purges
Muslim minority.
See
Chains
Myrdal, Jan
Nagaravatta
Names
Nationalist movement
against French colonial rule
Khmer Rouge incorporation of
Vietnamese.
See
Vietminh; Vietnamese communists
See also
Khmer Krom
National League of Families of POWMIA
See also
Mills Griffith, Ann; POW-MIA issue
National Liberation Front (NLF)
National pride
National security police.
See
Security police, Khmer Rouge
National strike
National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC)
See also
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea; Resistance; Resistance, noncommunist
National United Front of Cambodia (FUNK)
China's support for
constitution adopted by
dissolution of
establishment of
front leadership replaced by party leaders
maintaining illusion of
purpose of
Second Congress
Sihanouk's figurehead leadership of
and Vietnamese communists
See also headings beginning with
Khmer Rouge
NATO.
See
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Natural resources
Neak ches-doeng
See also
Elites
Neak Luong
Neak Sre (People of the Rice Field)
Neo Khmerisme
(Lon Nol)
Networks of association
New Economic Zones (Vietnam)
“New people,”
See also
Cooperatives; Relocation, forced
Newspapers, see.
See specific publications
New York Times
Ngo Dinh Diem
anticommunist actions
border conflicts encouraged by
citizenship of ethnic Chinese
fall of
northern communists' decision to use force against
refusal to allow South Vietnamese elections
Tong imprisoned by
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nguyen Co Thach
on Cambodian dislike for term “Indochina,”
on Cultural Revolution
foreign diplomacy
on irreversibility of Vietnamese occupation
on reeducation
on resolving Cambodian problem
stripped of post
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Nguyen Dynasty
Nguyen Khac Vien
Nguyen Van Linh
Nguyen Van Thieu
Nhan Dan
Nhim Ros
Ni Kan
Niv Kien
Nixon, Richard M.
NLF.
See
National Liberation Front
Noailles, Helie de
Nong Chan
Nongovernmental organizations
See also
Relief organizations
Nop Bophan
Norodom, King
Norodom Ranariddh, Prince
Norodom Sihanouk, Prince abdication of
anti-communist actions and war
anti-Sihanouk publications
army under
attempt to integrate Chams
border agreement with Vietnam
Chinese exile during Vietnamese occupation
Chinese support for
communists within government
condemnation of Samphan, Youn, and Nim
coup d'état against (1970)
coup d'état attempt against (1945)
and Democratic Party
economic and modernization policies
education under
Evans Plan approved by
factors leading to downfall
family.
See
Monique, Princess; Norodom Ranariddh, Prince
fears of
foreign policy and relations

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