Itinerary of an Ordinary Torturer: Interview with Duch, Former Khmer Rouge Commander of S-21 Cambodia Written in the aftermath of

Written in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis

where he taught between 1972 and 1997

and spent much time as a child wandering the bush and the Barrier Reef with his botanist parents

The Last Century of Lao Royalty recovers this history by presenting a wealth of rare documents and photographs that bring to life the political

Itinerary of an Ordinary Torturer: Interview with Duch, Former Khmer Rouge Commander of S-21 Cambodia Written in the aftermath ofKaing Guek Eav was an ordinary young man growing up in Cambodia in the mid twentieth century. He showed promise as a student, excelled in school, got a job as a math teacher, and experienced the political awakening common to young adulthood. But then he became a revolutionary, adopting the alias Duch, and took charge of S 21, the infamous secret security center of the Khmer Rouge where in less than four years at least 14,000 enemies of the revolution