{"product_id":"bad-lieutenants-the-khmer-rouge-united-front-and-class-struggle-1970-1997-paperback-softback-9781501780998","title":"Bad Lieutenants; The Khmer Rouge, United Front, and Class Struggle, 1970–1997 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501780998","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBad Lieutenants\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Khmer Rouge, United Front, and Class Struggle, 1970–1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew Mertha (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501780998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 May 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages, 28 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 7 maps, 1 chart - 7 Maps - 1 Charts - 28 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad Lieutenants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a riveting account of how the Khmer Rouge remained a force to be reckoned with even after the fall of Democratic Kampuchea—and of the men behind the movement's strange durability.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1979, the Vietnamese army seized Phnom Penh, toppling Pol Pot's notoriously brutal regime. Yet the Khmer Rouge did not disintegrate. Instead, the movement continued to rule over swathes of Cambodia for almost another two decades even as it failed to become a legitimate governing organization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAndrew Mertha argues that the Khmer Rouge's successes and failures were both driven by a refusal to dilute its revolutionary vision. Rather than take the moderate tack required for viable governance, it pivoted between only two political strategies: united front and class struggle. Through the stories of three key leaders—Ieng Sary, Son Sen, and Ta Mok—Mertha tracks the movement's shifting from one strategy to the other until its dissolution in the 1990s. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVividly written and deeply researched, \u003ci\u003eBad Lieutenants \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the powerful grip political ideology can have over the survival of insurgent movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Political Cycles: United Front and Class Struggle\u003cbr\u003e 1. The First United Front: Colonizing the Movement from Within, 1970–1972\u003cbr\u003e 2. Before and After Year Zero: A World of Class Struggle, 1973–1978\u003cbr\u003e 3. Dusting Off United Front Doctrine, 1979–1984\u003cbr\u003e 4. Command and Control in the Shadows and on the Periphery, 1985–1989\u003cbr\u003e 5. An Unattainable Political Space, 1990–1993\u003cbr\u003e 6. Back to Basics: Scorched-Earth Class Struggle, 1994–1997\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: \"Pure Socialism\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670832967960,"sku":"9781501780998","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bad-lieutenants-the-khmer-rouge-united-front-and-class-struggle-1970-1997-paperback-softback-9781501780998","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}