1.
Khmer Rouge
- Publication:
-
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013
Read now
...Khmer Rouge (kəmĕr´ rōōzh), name given to native Cambodian Communists. Khmer Rouge soldiers, aided by North Vietnamese and...thirds of the country. The strength of the Khmer Rouge rose dramatically from around 3,000......
2.
Phnom Penh
- Publication:
-
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013
Read now
......of fighting between government forces and the Khmer Rouge drove refugees from the war-torn countryside...when it was evacuated after falling to the Khmer Rouge. By the time the Khmer Rouge were overthrown in 1979, the city had become......
3.
Sihanouk, Norodom
- Publication:
-
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013
Read now
......in exile in Beijing. When the Khmer Rouge won control of Cambodia, Sihanouk...he forged a coalition with the Khmer Rouge and others to oppose the Cambodian...Hun Sen and an opponent of the Khmer Rouge. He became head of state (1991......
4.
Hun Sen
- Publication:
-
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013
Read now
......1993–98). A member of the Khmer Rouge from 1970, he fled to Vietnam...s Vietnamese-backed, anti–Khmer Rouge, Communist government. In...a peace agreement with both the Khmer Rouge and Norodom Sihanouk's forces......
5.
Lon Nol
- Publication:
-
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013
Read now
......He attempted unsuccessfully to suppress the Communist Khmer Rouge guerrillas, and his efforts plunged the country into...he was forced to leave the country in 1975, when the Khmer Rouge advanced on the capital city. He settled in Hawaii....
6.
Heng Samrin
- Publication:
-
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013
Read now
......party from 1981 to 1991. A regimental commander of the Khmer Rouge during the civil war (1970–75), he sought refuge...1979). He faced continued armed resistance from the Khmer Rouge and other forces and failed to gain widespread diplomatic......
7.
Preah Vihear
- Publication:
-
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013
Read now
......pavements and staircases, it is an outstanding example of Khmer architecture. Claimed by both Cambodia and Thailand...Thailand continues to claim it. The site was occupied by the Khmer Rouge for years. Preah Vihear was designated a Cambodian World......
8.
Cardamoms (mountains, Thailand and Cambodia)
- Publication:
-
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013
Read now
...Cardamoms (kär´dəməmz), Thai Banthat, Khmer Kravanh, mountain group extending c.100 mi (160 km...receive monsoon rains and have a dense vegetation cover. A Khmer Rouge stronghold in the late 20th cent., the Cambodian Cardamoms......
9.
Pol Pot
- Publication:
-
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013
Read now
......1925–98, Cambodian political leader, originally named Saloth Sar. Paris-educated, and a Khmer Communist leader from 1960, he led Khmer Rouge guerrillas against the government of Lon Nol after 1970. In 1975 he proclaimed the Democratic......
10.
Battambang
- Publication:
-
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013
Read now
......after the outbreak (1970) of civil war in Cambodia, the Battambang–Phnom Penh road was a prime target of the Khmer Rouge insurgents, who, by capturing it, severed Phnom Penh from its major source of rice. Battambang was acquired by Thailand......