modern history

Using the primary sources in the previous post and from your textbook, describe what life was life under the Khmer Rouge.

The National Bank of Cambodia in Phnom Penh was demolished with explosives in 1975 by the new Khmer Rouge government as a symbol of their rejection of capitalism.
Photograph by Ben Kiernan, 1980.

Some historians argue that US intervention was primarily responsible for the Khmer Rouge coming to power and the share some responsibility for the subsequent suffering of civilians in Cambodia. How valid is this argument? Use evidence to support your position.

witnessing-khmer-rouge pdf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX8Twv10EJw&feature=related