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- 1 2 Kiernan, Ben. How Pol Pot Came to Power. London: Verso, 1985. p. 185
- 1 2 Kiernan, Ben. How Pol Pot Came to Power. London: Verso, 1985. p. 266
- ↑ Kiernan, Ben. How Pol Pot Came to Power. London: Verso, 1985. p. 202, 242
- 1 2 Kiernan, Ben. How Pol Pot Came to Power. London: Verso, 1985. p. 419
- 1 2 http://www.marxistarkiv.se/indokina/kambodja/kiernan-kampucheas_kp.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ Kiernan, Ben. How Pol Pot Came to Power. London: Verso, 1985. p. 315
- ↑ Kiernan, Ben. How Pol Pot Came to Power. London: Verso, 1985. p. 388
- ↑ Kiernan, Ben. How Pol Pot Came to Power. London: Verso, 1985. p. 294
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