Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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April 1975: Pol Pot was installed by his Communist guerilla...
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April 1975
Pol Pot
was installed by his Communist guerilla Khmer Rouge
forces as totalitarian ruler of Cambodia (which had already suffered severe bombing by the USA in 1969 and invasion by Vietnam in 1970).
“Cambodia: History”. Lonely Planet World Guide.
Kurlantzick, Joshua. “In Pol Pot Time”. London Review of Books, Vol.
31
, No. 15, 6 Aug. 2009, pp. 9-11.
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Christmas Day 1978: Vietnamese forces invaded Cambodia after...
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Christmas Day 1978
Vietnamese forces invaded Cambodia after years of worsening relations with its totalitarian government under Pol Pot
.
“1979: China invades Vietnam”. BBC News: On This Day, 17 Feb. 1979.
