{"product_id":"bad-lieutenants-the-khmer-rouge-united-front-and-class-struggle-1970-1997-paperback","title":"Bad Lieutenants: The Khmer Rouge, United Front, and Class Struggle, 1970-1997 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Mertha\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Mertha is the George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies and Director of the School of Advanced International Studies China Research Center at Johns Hopkins University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52636434268467,"sku":"9781501780998","price":57.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YpF9SS7gq09781501780998.webp?v=1762271717","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/bad-lieutenants-the-khmer-rouge-united-front-and-class-struggle-1970-1997-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}