It Was Not a Forced Evacuation, presents Nuon Chea’s 2013 courtroom speech, defending Democratic Kampuchea’s policies against historical distortion. Addressing the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, he argues that the 1975 evacuation of Phnom Penh was a necessary measure to shield the people from renewed U.S. bombings and to ensure food security following years of war. Chea highlights the principles of self-reliance, socialist reconstruction, and national defense that guided the revolution’s decisions, countering claims that the evacuation was oppressive.