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The 42 pages that link to Khmer Rouge, each with the reason it gives.

• CommunismBroader topic: Its rule shows the catastrophic violence of one radical communist regime.

• Cambodian genocideNarrower topic: The movement’s leadership and policies carried out the mass violence.

• Cambodian Civil WarRelated: Its insurgency defeated the Khmer Republic and captured Phnom Penh.

• Norodom SihanoukCompared with: Sihanouk allied with the movement after his removal, then became a captive figurehead under its rule.

• Democratic KampucheaNarrower topic: The movement supplied the state’s leadership, armed forces, and governing ideology.

• Pol PotNarrower topic: The movement was the political and military organization through which Pol Pot ruled.

• Cambodian diasporaRelated: Its rule caused deaths, persecution, and flight that shaped diaspora communities.

• CambodiaRelated: Its rule transformed Cambodia through forced displacement, mass death, and institutional destruction.

• Year ZeroNarrower topic: The movement carried out the attempt to remake the country described as Year Zero.

• Cambodian–Vietnamese WarRelated: Its cross-border attacks and rule preceded Vietnam’s invasion.

• Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of CambodiaNarrower topic: The regime’s crimes were the court’s central subject of investigation and trial.

• Vietnamese invasion of CambodiaRelated: Its attacks on Vietnamese territory and Cambodian civilians helped provoke Vietnam’s military intervention.

• State terrorismBroader topic: Its rule shows how state violence can extend from targeted repression to society-wide coercion.

• Khmer RepublicCompared with: It was the republic’s principal insurgent enemy and eventual successor.

• Hun SenRelated: Hun Sen joined its forces before defecting to Vietnam.

• Lon NolRelated: Its forces defeated Lon Nol’s government and captured Phnom Penh in 1975.

• Nuon CheaNarrower topic: Nuon Chea was one of its leading figures from its revolutionary struggle through its rule.

• Heng SamrinNarrower topic: Heng Samrin was a commander in this movement before breaking with its leadership.

• S-21Narrower topic: The movement created S-21 as part of its security apparatus.

• Tuol Sleng Genocide MuseumNarrower topic: Its government established and operated S-21.

• Angkor ThomCompared with: Cambodia’s modern conflict disrupted heritage work and affected the broader context of Angkor’s preservation.

• Cambodian coup of 1970Related: Sihanouk’s alliance with it after his removal strengthened its political appeal.

• Mainland Southeast AsiaRelated: Its rule produced profound demographic and political consequences for the region.

• Sino-Vietnamese WarRelated: China backed the Khmer Rouge government that Vietnam overthrew in Cambodia.

• Viet CongCompared with: Its Cambodian revolutionary movement was separate from the Viet Cong despite regional communist ties.

• Vann NathNarrower topic: Its takeover brought Nath into the political system that eventually imprisoned him.

• Phnom PenhRelated: Its takeover emptied Phnom Penh and caused profound loss of life and urban continuity.

• Third Indochina WarRelated: Its border attacks and rule in Cambodia preceded Vietnam’s invasion.

• Indochina warsRelated: Its rule and attacks on Vietnam helped precipitate the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.

• Kang Kek IewNarrower topic: Duch served this movement and enforced its internal security policies.

• PoipetRelated: The movement’s rule and later conflict shaped the history of Cambodia’s western borderlands.

• Rithy PanhRelated: Its rule is the historical rupture at the center of much of Panh’s work.

• Ros Serey SotheaRelated: Its rule ended the musical world in which Sothea had built her career.

• Sinn SisamouthRelated: Its rule brought mass death and the destruction of much of Cambodia’s cultural life.

• Haing S. NgorNarrower topic: Ngor endured forced labor, imprisonment, and family loss under its rule.

• History of CambodiaRelated: Its revolution turned civil-war victory into a radical transformation of society.

• John PilgerRelated: His post-regime reporting drew attention to survivors’ suffering and Cambodia’s humanitarian emergency.

• Keng VannsakRelated: Cambodian political upheavals shaped the later circumstances of Vannsak’s life and public role.

• Kun KhmerRelated: The regime’s violence disrupted Cambodian society and is often cited in accounts of martial arts’ near-loss.

• Mass killings under communist statesRelated: Its policies of forced evacuation, labor, and political purges drove mass mortality.

• Norodom SihamoniRelated: Its rule shaped the historical rupture surrounding Sihamoni’s early life and later return.

• Pisith PilikaRelated: The regime devastated Cambodia's arts institutions and cultural communities that later generations, including Pilika, helped rebuild.