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Fifty years after fall of Phnom Penh, history weighs on Cambodian politics
The Khmer Rouge rise to power and overthrow are foundational to Cambodian People’s Party legitimacy, but memories fade.
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Cambodia’s Descent Into a Death Spiral: Fifty Years On
The legacy of atrocity crimes that took the lives of millions of Cambodians during the communist Khmer Rouge regime, and the ...
History Today: How Cold War miscalculation unfolded when CIA-backed forces landed at Bay of Pigs
On April 17, 1961, the CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion aiming to overthrow Fidel Castro’s Cuba government began. Poor ...
50 Years Later, Khmer Rouge's Murderous Legacy Lives On
On April 17, 1975, tanks rolled into the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, to cheering crowds who believed that the country's ...
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Cambodia’s Haunted Present: 50 years After Khmer Rouge’s Rise, Its Murderous Legacy Looms Large
The regime may be long gone, but its legacy lives on in the institutions, behaviors, and fears that continue to shape ...