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Arguing about Cambodia: Genocide and Political Interest
- Holocaust and Genocide Studies
- Oxford University Press
- Volume 23, Number 2, Fall 2009
- pp. 214-238
- Article
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From the time the Khmer Rouge seized power in April 1975, people have argued over the actions and intentions of the communist regime in Cambodia. During the years following the revolution, scholars and journalists debated allegations that the Khmer Rouge was committing genocide. Even after communist Vietnam toppled the neighboring regime, debate remained fierce. Much of the positioning by academics, publicists, and politicians seems to have been motivated largely by political purposes.