Kampuchea : the revolution rescued / Irwin Silber.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oakland, CA: Line of March Publications, c1986.Description: xvi, 148 pages [12] pages. of plates : 1 map, ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0913781053 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.6/04 19
LOC classification:
  • DS 554 4.8 .S55 1986
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Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Historical development of the Kampuchean revolution -- 3. Pol Pot in power -- 4. The revolution rescued -- 5. A theoretical postscript: the debate over "national sovereignty"
Summary: "Silber details the disastrous ultra-left policies of the Pol Pot regime, their origins and outcomes, and analyzes the changing reactions to those policies among North American radical groups. He argues convincingly in favor of the Vietnamese intervention on behalf of the revolution, situating it in the context of a broader Indochinese revolutionary process. He records the remarkable economic and political achievements of the People's Republic of Kampuchea and explains the problems that lie ahead. A particular contribution is Silber's consideration, in terms of Marxist-Leninist theory, of some of the knotty questions posed by the troubled course of the Kampuchean revolution. This book is essential reading for all students of Southeast Asia and, indeed, of 20th century revolutions." -- Dr. Kathleen Gough, Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver - back cover
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks DS 554. 8 .S55 1986 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML20120019

"Published by Line of March Publications, a project of the Institute for Social and Economic Studies ... Oakland, CA"--Verso t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (pages139-142) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Historical development of the Kampuchean revolution -- 3. Pol Pot in power -- 4. The revolution rescued -- 5. A theoretical postscript: the debate over "national sovereignty"

This book originated in a one-month trip that Silber and Schwarz took to Kampushea in 1984.

"Silber details the disastrous ultra-left policies of the Pol Pot regime, their origins and outcomes, and analyzes the changing reactions to those policies among North American radical groups. He argues convincingly in favor of the Vietnamese intervention on behalf of the revolution, situating it in the context of a broader Indochinese revolutionary process. He records the remarkable economic and political achievements of the People's Republic of Kampuchea and explains the problems that lie ahead. A particular contribution is Silber's consideration, in terms of Marxist-Leninist theory, of some of the knotty questions posed by the troubled course of the Kampuchean revolution. This book is essential reading for all students of Southeast Asia and, indeed, of 20th century revolutions." -- Dr. Kathleen Gough, Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- back cover

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