"The Khmer Rouge's goal was to force social, cultural, and economic revolution, without any western technology or aid, that would create a racially pure Khmer society that was self-sufficient and socially and economically egalitarian" (Welaratna 94). The Khmer Rouge devastated the country of Cambodia both politically and economically, but the harshest effect of this evil regime was suffered socially by Cambodia's innocent individuals. Politically, this communist party isolated the country by expelling all international relationships. The Cambodian economy endured many changes, which forced the country to become self-sufficient. Most of the anguish and distress caused by this chaotic political party was directed at the defenseless Cambodians by demanding they give up their right of freedom to the Khmer Rouge regime. "In Cambodia, the first years of peace must have been indistinguishable from war, a living hell in which millions were driven from cities, large numbers were executed, and famine stalked the land" (Jackson 49). .
"After war, the Khmer Rouge attempted to construct a new agricultural system based on collectivism and economies of scale rather than local conditions" (Shawcross 283). According to Karl Jackson, after the civil war in Cambodia, the city population was lead into rural area where the Khmer Rouge could examine and dominate the population. The purpose of this is to encourage manufacturing of products made within the country, without any assistance from other countries, under the regulations of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Any industrial plants that manufactured foreign goods or were created by help of foreign goods were destroyed. These plants were renovated into plants that made simple plows and farm equipment. .
Rice was the country's main resource. "If we have rice, we have everything" (Jackson 48). William Shawcross determined that before 1970, 90 percent of Cambodians lived off the land.
The Khmer Rouge controlled Cambodia for four hellish years. Pol Pot was the Khmer Rouge's first real leader. ... He was the Prime Minister of the Khmer Rouge government. ... Ta Mok became the leader of the Khmer Rouge in 1997. ... The Khmer Rouge tolerated no resistance to their orders. ...
The Khmer Rouge government terrorized Cambodia during their short reign from 1975 to 1979, killing approximately 1.7 million in its aim to create a Communist utopia. ... When Khmer Rouge evacuated all the residents from the capital Phnom Penh and other cities in Cambodia to work in the countryside as farm laborers, Bou was sent to work in the paddy fields (Sidner). ... The prison officials asked him to draw the leader of the Khmer Rouge, Brother Number 1 also known as Pol Pot. ... Eventually, the Khmer Rouge even turned against the soldiers. ... Tan and his brigade fought back against the ...
Soon the Khmer rouge overthrew the over Lon Nol as he fled form the city April 1, 1975. On April 17 the first Khmer troops entered the capital with their leader Pol Pot. ... As Pol Pot realized his power now he immediately started his Khmer society. ... The Khmer Rouge approached Vietnam as their new enemy. In early 1977 Khmer raided Vietnamese territory and in late 1977 heavy fighting broke out. ...
THE COURSE OF THE CAMBODIAN REVOLUTION The Khmer Rouge revolution had begun before the American bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War. ... When the Khmer Rouge soldiers arrived in Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, they were "cheered by many Khmer and Foreigners alike" . The Khmer Rouge promised to return Cambodia to the "glorious days of Angkor" , the ancient Khmer empire, and to return Cambodia to a "traditional agricultural and class-free society" , raising the living standards of the people. ... The Khmer Rouge established a "cooperative system" that abolished all private propert...
The Communist party of Kampuchea (CPK), formally known as the Khmer Rouge, took control of the Cambodian government in April 1975 (Gottesman, 2003). This siege of government occurred when the Khmer Rouge overthrew the concurrent ruling government, the Khmer Republic, and renamed it the Democratic Kampuchea. ... The Khmer Rouge's economic system was successful with regards to two aspects. ... The cooperatives had risen in the regions ruled by the Khmer Rouge in 1973 and had spread throughout the nation by 1975 (Sonneborn, 2012). ... The Cambodian population was culturally affected by the K...
Unknowingly the Khmer Rouge forced the Cambodian people to rely on their instincts by using a means of resources. ... Having an education or expensive belongings was punished by death by the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge was ridding Cambodia of "tainted" or "new" people. ... Never once complaining, as she knew her life was in danger if the Khmer Rough suspected her. ... Further more, if caught by what was left of the Khmer Rouge it would mean death. ...
This was largely because the Khmer Rouge had taken control of Cambodia, and was killing citizens, by means of either execution, working to death, or starving. ... By the end of the Khmer Rouge's rule in Cambodia, over 1.7 million Cambodians had been killed, many of these relatives of refugees. ... The Khmer Rouge's ruling of Cambodia has caused much pain and unrest, as well as testing the limits of human sanity....
This is an unforgettable film directed by Roland Joffé depicting the horrible slaughter of millions of Cambodians during Khmer Rouge's reign. ... Unfortunately, as reporters were covering the rise of Khmer Rouge, they had heard from the locals that parts of Cambodia were being bombed by US planes. ... As he investigated further into the matter, the more he divulged into the danger of the ever powerful Khmer Rouge. ... As the communist party of Khmer Rouge moved into Phnom Penh, it had exiled its two million or more residents into the country side for the purpose of a new harsh ...
During the Khmer Rouge's spectacularly brutal reign, a time in which the "blood of Vietnam" spilled over Cambodia's borders to inspire frenzied revolutionary terror, formal education ended. 18 "My," a survivor of the Cambodia genocide, described the end of schooling in Cambodia: "The Khmer Rouge divided the kids up into age categories. ... My sons had a green thumb, so the Khmer Rouge told them to plant rice," instead of attend school. 19 Chanrinthy Him, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge, wrote after the genocide that "it [had] been six years since I at...
