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Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Change the State in Peasant Exodus
Phnom Penh falls to Khmer Rouge as millions flee city life for rural areas. The new regime imposes peasant norms, bars foreigners, and seizes shops, with civilians and soldiers marching through streets amid looting and a mass relocation that reshapes Cambodian society. The reporter and fellow foreigners narrowly escape after brief captivity at Preah Keth Mealea hospital and witness the chaotic transition.
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Sydney H. Schanberg
New York Times
Bangkok
Thailand
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
le Phnom
Monivong Boulevard
Monivong
Dith Pran
John Swain
Sunday Times of London
Alan Rockoff
Saran
Preah Keth Mealea