Cambodia 1975-1982 presents a unique and carefully researched analysis of the Democratic Kampuchea regima of Pol Pot and the "Khmer Rouge" (1975-79) and the early years of the People's Republic of Kampuchea(1979-89). When it was first published in 1984, the book provided one of the few balanced and reasoned voices in a world shocked by media reports of incredible "Khmer-Rouge" brutality. Now, fifteen years later, the book remains unsurpassed as an original historical document bringing a new interpretation based on the earliest primary primary sources-interviews with the Khmer people themselves.
Fluent in Khmer, Vickery made extensive inquiries of hundreds of refugees, many of whom he had know in the years before and after the Pol Pot regime. These interviews provide the basis for the book and make it distinctive for its time.
Chapter 1 The Gentle Land
Chapter 2 Problems of Sources and Evidence
Chapter 3 The Zero Years
Chapter 4 Kampuchea, From Democratic to People's Republic
Chapter 5 The Nature of the Cambodian Revolution