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The People's Struggle Cambodia Reborn

Name: The People's Struggle
Author: Heng Samrin

Auteur: Heng Samrin

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Heng Samrin

Engels
Hardcover
9789814610490
01 oktober 2018
176 pagina's

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This book is a vivid first-hand account of the career of one of the 20th century's great guerrilla commanders, Samdech Heng Samrin, who after his years as a soldier played an important role in the political and economic rebirth of Cambodia. Born into a rural village community, and working as a farmer, Heng Samrin campaigned and then fought for the Khmer People's Revolutionary Party. He led a double life - both as a member of the government militia and working for the party. In due course he went fully underground. He describes in detail the experience of coming under attack by US and South Vietnamese aircraft. There followed the guerrilla conflict against military leader Lon Nol, who after a coup declared a republic and allied the country with the US at war with Vietnam. The author was appointed company commander in the People's Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea, and rose to be a regimental and then divisional commander. Heng Samrin describes the schisms that arose within the revolutionary movement, and how he, his Cambodian comrades and his Vietnamese allies ended up fighting, and defeating, the forces of Pol Pot and what had become a viciously cruel Khmer Rouge regime. Thereafter, Heng Samrin played an important part in laying the foundations for the new Kingdom of Cambodia. He served as both Head of State and as secretary-general of the ruling Khmer People's Revolutionary Party, since renamed as the Cambodian People's Party, of which he still serves as honorary chairman. In 2006 he became president of the National Assembly. Few books capture as powerfully the experience of guerrilla war as seen by its participants. What drove Heng Samrin to persist in fighting for the freedom of Cambodians in the face of extreme danger? How did he outwit the Khmer Rouge and their traps? In this book, he shares his insights, and describes his efforts to help rebuild his country after decades of war.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 oktober 2018
Aantal pagina's: 176
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Heng Samrin
Hoofduitgeverij: Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 150 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 20 mm
Verpakking lengte: 225 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 220 g

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EAN: 9789814610490

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