Khmer Republic
Former name (1970–76) of Cambodia.
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Khmer RepublicFormer name (1970–76) of Cambodia. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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April 17, 2005 marked the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the forces of Democratic Kampuchea--the egregious "Khmer Rouge"--over the Khmer Republic of General Lon Nol, who in turn had overthrown Prince Norodom Sihanouk in 1970. With the collapse of the Khmer Republic in April 1975, a small cadre of French-educated communist intellectuals presided for three years and eight months over one of the most brutally repressive regimes in modern times. He correctly points out that "the Khmer Republic and the CPK (Communist Party of Kampuchea) were in a sense both children of the Democratic Party and products of this repression" (p. |
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