Khmer Rouge

The Khmer Rouge (Khmer: , pronounced Khmaey Krahom or {{IPA|/kʰmaːe kɾɒːhɒːm/}}; French: Khmer Rouge in the masculine singular, Khmers Rouges in the plural) was a Communist organization which ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. The term "Khmer Rouge," meaning "Red Khmer" in French, was coined by francophone former king, later prime minister Norodom Sihanouk and was adopted in English. The official name of the Khmer Rouge was the Communist Party of Cambodia, later the Party of Democratic Kampuchea. It was also known as the Communist Party of Kampuchea, the Khmer Communist Party and the National Army of Democratic Kampuchea.

External links

• Yale University: Cambodian Genocide Program
• "The Demography of Genocide: Cambodia and East Timor" (Critical Asian Studies, 35:4, 2003)
• Digital Archive of Cambodian Holocaust Survivors
• The Khmer Rouge Canon 1975-1979: The Standard Total Academic View on Cambodia
• PBS Frontline/World: Pol Pot's Shadow
• Calculations for Cambodian genocide figures
• Cambodia Tales: Khmer Rouge torture and killing paintings
• Averaging Wrong Answers: Noam Chomsky and the Cambodia Controversy
• Meet the Press: Transcript for Jan. 30 Guests: Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass
• "Privatizing a Mass Grave in Cambodia"
• Democratic Kampuchea (it's a Yahoo Goup for the ideological reclamation of Pol Pot)