Duch is Dead. Book review: Alexander Laban Hinton, Man or Monster? The Trial of a Khmer Rouge Torturer (Durham & London: Duke University Press, 2016)

In his stimulating new book, the psychological anthropologist Alexander Laban Hinton chronicles the trial against the confessant Cambodian tormenter Kaing Guek Eav (f.k.a. Comrade Duch). In exploring Kaing Guek Eav’s state of mind, the book provokes the reader to think about why we feel the need to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thijs Bastiaan Bouwknegt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Winchester University Press 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Perpetrator Research
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Online Access:https://jpr.winchesteruniversitypress.org/articles/7