This edition of Ben Kiernan\'s definitive account of the Cambodian revolution and genocide includes a new preface that takes the story up to 2008 and the UN-sponsored Khmer Rouge tribunal. \"Deeply detailed, meticulously reported. . . . Important [and] valuable.\" -Nation \"In this authoritative work, Ben Kiernan . . . explores the reasons why Pol Pot\'s Khmer Rouge revolution became a Cambodian nightmare.\" -Richard Gough, Times Higher Education Supplement \"Perhaps the most complete [account of Pol Pot\'s terror] and the closest to Cambodian sources.\" -Economist \"One of the most important contributions to the subject so far.\" -R. B. Smith, Asian Affairs \"Kiernan, the leading authority on modern Cambodia, meticulously examines Pol Pot\'s killing machine and clears up many misconceptions found in earlier studies. . . . An important book for students of genocide as well as scholars of Southeast Asia.\" -Library Journal \"[A] detailed and chilling history.\" -Asiaweek \"The most detailed history to date of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. . . . This book . . . will certainly be the benchmark against which all future research on the Khmer Rouge must be measured. Very highly recommended.\" -Choice