Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 300-327)
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Foreword / by Roland Joffe -- Rebirth of a nation--and the beginning of the long struggle for justice -- Keeping Pol Pot in the UN Cambodia seat -- The world's first genocide trial -- Sympathy for the devil -- Challenging the history of forgetting -- Peace without justice -- Waking up to genocide -- The trauma of a nation : searching for truth, justice and reconciliation -- Uneasy partners -- The gangs of New York -- Clinching convictions--the challenge for the prosecution -- One more river to cross -- Annexe A. Key Khmer Rouge personnel -- Annexe B. Recent publications of particular importance
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Examines the genocide and human rights violations committed by the Khmer Rouge during the 1970s, why it took eighteen years for the UN to recognize the crimes, and the history of trying to bring the Khmer Rouge to justice in Cambodia