From the author: "While enduring horrendous crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge, I thought many times that if I were lucky enough to survive, I would share the experience with my future children. This book is the result of that promise. My original goal of sharing my experience evolved naturally from a tale of nightmares to a true love story between me and my mother. Through this book, my mother's love will never be forgotten."

From the author: "It seems so much of my story involves death. For this, I am sorry. Regrettably, the memory of the Cambodian Holocaust has begun to fade from our collective memory. I write this story down as my daughter has so often urged me to do--my story--so that my children and grandchildren will grow to understand where and when they came from. This book is about my struggles in the labor camps, how I survived the killing fields and made my way to a refugee camp, the friendships I made with the American volunteers and how I struggled to survive in America."

In a narrative and visual tour de force, Trudy Jacobsen examines the relationship between women and power in Cambodian history. Here, she seeks to describe when and why the status of women changed and what factors contributed to these changes. Her examination of women prior to colonialism, after colonialism, during the civil war, and the genocide are outstanding. Often, women are ignored in historical studies of genocide (and history in general), but in this study they are center stage.

In this study David Chandler, a world-renowned historian of Cambodia, examines how torture and execution functioned at S-21, a secret prison located outside Phnom Penh where more than 14,000 "enemies" were questioned, tortured, and forced to "confess" to counterrevolutionary crimes. More than an overview of torture, this book asks why regimes like the Khmer Rouge turn to torture and abuse during genocide. He argues that internalized state-sponsored terrorism relies on psychological othering and dehumanization.

In this book award winning journalist Elizabeth Becker frames the Cambodian Genocide within the greater historical, national, and political context of the region. She masterfully weaves in original historical research with many voices of those who lived through the genocide, and includes exclusive interviews with every Cambodian leader of the past quarter century. This book provides a robust and full picture of the factors that led to genocide, how the genocide was experienced across various political, social, economic, religious, and ethnic demographics, and analyzes how the international community influenced what took place.

This book by expert Ben Kiernan cemented his reputation as the leading authority on Cambodian Genocide history. Drawing on interviews and extensive archival materials, he provides a thorough analysis of the genocide. Dr. Kiernan is the founding director of the Genocide studies Program at Yale University and has written extensively on the Cambodian Genocide and genocide in general.