The master of confessions : the making of a Khmer Rouge torturer
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Author
Contributors
Gilly, Alex, Translator
Published
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014].
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
959.6042 CRUEV
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959.6042 CRUEV
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Published
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
vi, 326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published in France in 2011 by Editions Gallimard/Versilio as Le maître des aveux.
Description
With chilling clarity, a veteran international journalist delineates the totalitarian ideology and horrific crimes of the leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge. A witness to and chronicler of the war-crimes trials of Rwanda (Court of Remorse, 2010), Cruvellier likewise attended the arduous eight-month Khmer Rouge Tribunal in 2009 of the notorious head of the S-21 "death mill" in Phnom Penh, Kaing Guek Eav, aka Duch. Duch managed the prison, formerly a high school, between 1975 and 1979, and he was tasked with interrogating, eliciting confessions by torture and "smashing" the victim--the verb preferred by the court. A meticulous, methodical former math teacher and a loyal Khmer party member, Duch, then in his mid-30s, was the "perfect fit for the job" of interrogator. The pride he took in his work was reflected in the careful records he diligently kept and did not destroy before he fled upon the invasion of the Vietnamese in early 1979.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cruvellier, T., & Gilly, A. (2014). The master of confessions: the making of a Khmer Rouge torturer (First edition.). Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cruvellier, T and Alex, Gilly. 2014. The Master of Confessions: The Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cruvellier, T and Alex, Gilly. The Master of Confessions: The Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cruvellier, T., and Alex Gilly. The Master of Confessions: The Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer First edition., Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2014.
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