S2 Ep10: The Cambodian Civil War Begins - Part One: The Samlaut Rebellion and the Three Ghosts
What was the Samlaut Rebellion, and how did it start? Who was responsible for this outbreak of violence? What leads to Khieu Samphan disappearing over night? Time Period Covered 1967 In the first ...
10 Heinä 20231h 34min
S2 Ep8: Rolling Thunder in Vietnam, Clouds Over Cambodia
How does the "Vietnam War" begin? How did the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) get its name? Why did Sihanouk start making so many movies in the 1960's? Time Period Covered 1964 - 1967 In this e...
2 Maalis 20232h
S2 Ep7: A Khmer Rouge Ideology and Sihanouk's Dark Side
Who was Nuon Chea? What does Buddhism have to do with Khmer Rouge ideology? Why did Sihanouk sever ties with the United States? Time Period Covered 1963 - 1965 In this episode we explore the imp...
15 Marras 20221h 36min
S2 Ep6: The Path to the Second Indochina War - Part Three: Agent Orange, Kennedy and the Buddhist Crisis
What is Agent Orange and why did the Kennedy Administration decide to use it? How did Diem's Regime collapse? What was the Buddhist Crisis? Time Period Covered 1961 - 1963 In the final part...
7 Heinä 20221h 47min
S2 Ep4: The Path to the Second Indochina War - Part One: The Two Vietnams
What occurred in a divided Vietnam in the aftermath of the Geneva Accords? How did so many die during the North Vietnamese “Land Reform Campaign”? Why was South Vietnam described as an ‘emerging f...
1 Touko 20221h 14min
S2 Ep3: The Khmer Rouge's New Vanguard
How did Pol Pot become leader of the Khmer Rouge? What did prominent communists like Khieu Samphan do in Sihanouk’s Cambodia? Were there limits to Sihanouk’s power and tightrope act? Time Perio...
6 Helmi 20221h 23min
S2 Ep2: Maoism, the Great Leap Forward / Famine and the Sino-Soviet Split
Why was one of the most prominent slogans of the Khmer Rouge about a "super great leap forward"? What is Maoism and why did the People's Republic of China provide a new ideological source for the wor...
5 Joulu 20212h 43min
