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14 March 1976

And of course many excellent books:

“When the War was Over” by @Elizbeckerwrite
“The Pol Pot Regime” – Ben Kiernan
“Year Zero” – Francois Ponchaud
“Brother Nr. 1” – David. P. Chandler
Writings of Julio A Jeldres (Sihanouk’s biographer)
& many others


8. The blog Cambodia to Kampuchea has tons of interesting documents, photos and articles https://t.co/j6hPXgJCJT

9. @Yale Genocide Studies Program -> biographies and KR telegrams e.g. https://t.co/IvOJxdQFAi

10. DC-Cam -> rare photos, analysis, documents https://t.co/KDSdRXvmLV


5. @UN archives -> for a perspective of the Khmer Rouge on the international stage
https://t.co/B4PWLHnBQl

6. Keesingโ€™s Record of World Events -> good contextualisation of the most important events at the time

7. https://t.co/93q5fMzpl2
-> Good info on Thai-Cambodian relations


2. @wikileaks -cables of US views on events in Cambodia

3. @nytimes (easily accessible) & other newspaper archives -> to find info on events of short-term relevance

4. Peking Review (Chinese party magazine)-> good for monitoring China-Cambodia relations https://t.co/wwuAsT7uTe


A list of sources of my tweets and the unique insights these provide:

1. Court documents by @KRTribunal -> Khmer Rouge documents like telegrams, magazines, meeting notes;
the judgements are excellent sources too & and enable the verification of events https://t.co/dqr8XEelLw


.@USEmbassyBKK tells @StateDept that many highly qualified Cambodian refugees remain in๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญE.g: Sokh Vang, fluent in๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ, who organised demonstrations against the Khmer Rouge, led an underground student opposition after the Fall of PhnomPenh & helped refugees to flee to ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ.

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