One day he took me out to eat. When we got to the market, he told me to order anything I liked. I ordered duck. When I finished eating it, he asked me, “Was it good?” And I said, “Yes, very good,” His face darkened and he levelled a finger at me. “You ought to [...]
Though sensitive and proud Pol Potists would perhaps be loath to admit it to themselves, when it comes to a modernising influence on Cambodian politics, lets look at this, the beginning of the chapter The Nature of the Cambodian Revolution, taken from Michael Vickery’s important 1984 book Cambodia 1975-1982, dismissed by lazy people as “denial” [...]
The Eyes of the Pineapple: Revolutionary Intellectuals and Terror in Democratic Kampuchea, by R. A. Burgler Angkar has as many eyes as the pineapple. It sees everything and does not make mistakes. Yes, the old Khmer Rouge adage also being the name of this blog too. But, with reading this again, and moving slightly away [...]
