Genocide: A Detailed History of the Cambodian and Armenian Genocide
Written by Kelly Mass
Narrated by Doug Greene
5/5
()
About this audiobook
In this book, we'll discuss two genocides that have cost the lives of millions but have often been overlooked by world historians. These are the following:
1 - It’s insane to think that mass murder didn’t stop at the end of World War II. Since the Holocaust, various genocides have taken place in different areas of the world. In this book, we’ll talk about something that has often been shoved under the rug, but was definitely a consequence of the Vietnam War, the bombings by the Americans, and a domino effect into an already fragile political country: The nation of Cambodia.
The Cambodian genocide was the methodical abuse and death of Cambodians by the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who pushed Cambodia towards being an entirely self-dependent agrarian socialist state. Between 1975 and 1979, 1.5 to 2 million people were murdered, representing about a quarter of Cambodia's population in 1975. (c. 7.8 million).
2 - Yes, even before World War II, there was a genocide, and not too long before that, actually. We are talking about the Armenian deportations that killed between 1 and 2 million innocent civilians, an atrocity the Turkish government still doesn’t fully acknowledge. Rock bands like System of a Down have complained in their music about it, historians have turned pieces of evidences into large books, and when you talk to Armenians, they still remember what their ancestors told them about it.
The Ottoman Empire was collapsing, and in a cruel act of desperation and vengeance, they decided to take out their empirical frustrations on the Armenians and “take care of the Armenian problem.” Mass rapes, murder, deportation, theft, robberies, starvation, and mayhem was the consequence. It became one of the ugliest faces of the First World War in history.
More audiobooks from Kelly Mass
Eleanor of Aquitaine: One of the Wealthiest and Most Influential Women in western Europe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mao Zedong: The Cultural Revolution and the Communist Party Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ottoman Empire: History of Constantinople and the Rise and Fall of the Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Edmund Kemper: The Tall, Infamous Serial Killer and Necrophile Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rudolf Hoess: The Sadistic, German SS War Criminal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Phoenicians: History of the Ancient Civilization of Phoenicia Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ancient Japan: Shinto, Ninjas, Samurai, and History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cherokee: History and Culture of the Native American Tribes Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Josef Mengele: The Chief Doctor at Birkenau Who Did Human Experiments Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Conquerors: Biographies of Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Attila the Hun, Vlad the Impaler, and More Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5History Biographies: Marie Curie, Nostradamus, and Alan Turing Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Bloody Mary: Mary Tudor, the Queen Who Took on the Protestant Revolt Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHuns and Mongols: Historical Facts about Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pol Pot: The Murderous Leader of the Khmer Rouge regime Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lizzie Borden: Took an Axe and Gave Her Mother Forty Whacks Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Quetzalcoatl: The Mesoamerican Myth of the Feathered Serpent Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Scientists and Inventors: History and Biography of Scientific Discoveries Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Santa Muerte: The Healer, Protector, and Guide to the Afterlife Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Cathars: History of the Gnostic Christian Sect during the Inquisition Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cambodian Genocide: Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge and the Killing Fields Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Emiliano Zapata: His Life, Death, and Role in the Mexican Revolution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Claude Monet: The Impressive Impressionist Painter from France Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sadists: World War II Torturers, Generals and Cruel Nazi Scientists Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Joseph Stalin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5History of Bali: Background of Its Culture, Powers and Economic Forces Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHolocaust: World War 2 History of Its Causes and Consequences Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Michelangelo Buonarotti: The Sculptures, Paintings, and Biography of a Renaissance Artist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Geniuses: A Brief History of Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and Nikola Tesla Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thomas Paine: Common Sense and the Age of Reason Explained Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to Genocide
Related audiobooks
Genocides: Historic Details of the Armenian, Cambodian, Rwandan, Yugoslavian, Sudanese and Nazi Genocide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cambodian Genocide: Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge and the Killing Fields Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Armenian Genocide: Atrocities, Deportation, and Plunder by the Convicts Army Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mass Murderers: Biographies of Some of the Most Heartless Men in History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Genocidal Maniacs: The Biography of Evil Dictators Like Pol Pot and Enver Pasha Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Second World War Diary: Year 1939 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory of Murder: An Overview of Abuse, Torture, and Genocide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pol Pot: The Murderous Leader of the Khmer Rouge regime Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Medieval Bosnia: The Turbulent History of Bosnia and the Region during the Middle Ages Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYugoslavian Genocide: Causes, Facts, Death Toll, and War Criminals Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Enver Pasha: The Cruel Ottoman Leader in the First World War and Armenian Genocide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/514 Russian Tsars, Russian History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Holodomor: The History and Legacy of the Ukrainian Famine Engineered by the Soviet Union Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Mind of Stalin Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Putin's Wars and NATO's Flaws: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As Far As The Saffron Fields: The Pulwama Conspiracy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPolish History 966 - 2022: 3 Books In 1: Commonwealth, Holocaust, Communist Poland & Modern Capitalism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Luminous Future: Growing up in Transylvania in the Shadow of Communism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHarperland: The Politics of Control Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5ROMMEL: The Desert Fox or unnecessary risk taker? Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Chechnya: The History of the Chechen Republic and the Ongoing Conflict with Russia Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ukrainian History: 2 Books In 1: Kievan Rus, Cossacks, The Ukraine Revolution & Chernobyl Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Lowdown: A Short History of the First Gulf War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Crisis on the Border: An Eyewitness Account of Illegal Aliens, Violent Crime, and Cartels Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Politics For You
The 48 Laws of Power Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Behold a Pale Horse Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Out of the Wreckage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dragonfire: Four Days That (Almost) Changed America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5While Time Remains: A North Korean Girl's Search for Freedom in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Romney: A Reckoning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Prince Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The MAGA Diaries: My Surreal Adventures Inside the Right-Wing (And How I Got Out) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You Have the Right to Remain Innocent Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Genocide
1 rating1 review
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This the best audio books I have found, and that is exactly why I am taking a tiny second to compose a review about it. This audio book is excellent. It might just have had a couple of mistakes, but they did not take away anything from the amazing info that this particular book contains. You can discover a whole lot. I definitely know that I did.