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Genocide in CambodiaEllen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
Cambodia
Causes of Genocide
Socioeconomic or political upheaval
-Decolonization
-Civil war
-International conflict
-Economic collapse
-Political strife
Alexander Laban Hinton, Why Did They Kill?
U.S. Bombing of Cambodia
U.S. soldiers survey the Cambodian town of Snuŏl after it has been almost completely flattened by U.S. bombers. Express Newspapers/Archive Photos
Symbols: Jewish Star and Rwandan Identity Card
National Bank of Cambodia
Blown up in 1975
Tuol Sleng Prison
8 Stages of Genocide
Classification Symbolization
DehumanizationOrganizationPolarizationPreparation
ExterminationDenial
From Genocide Watch: The International Campaign to End Genocide, Gregory H. Stanton
How ordinary people commit extraordinary evil
• ethnocentrism, xenophobia, and desire for dominance
• cultural belief systems, moral disengagement, and rational self-interest
• culture of cruelty
• dehumanization; social death of the victims
James Waller, Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing, 2002