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Pol Pot
The History of a Nightmare
by Philip Short
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A gripping and definitive portrait of the man who headed one of the most enigmatic and terrifying regimes of modern times
Pol Pot was the architect of a revolution, the radical egalitarianism of which exceeded any other in history. His vision of utopia was enforced by a reign of terror in which a fifth of Cambodia's population - more than a million people - perished. A supposedly gentle, carefree land of slumbering temples and smiling peasants became a concentration camp of the mind, a lave state where absolute obedience was enforced on the killing fields.
Why did it happen? How did an idealistic dream of justice and prosperity mutate into one of humanity's worst nightmares? Here, the former Khmer Rogue Head of State, Pol's brother-in-law and scores of others speak for the first time at length about their beliefs and motives. But Pol Pot and his cohorts did not act alone. The West - and above all the US, through its role in the Vietnam War - must share responsibility for a disaster, the horrors of which bear disturbing parallels with other tragedies unfolding today. (back cover)
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Politics and government, Political atrocities, Genocide, Prime ministers, Biography, history, atrocities, Cambodia, biography, Dictators, Pol pot, 1925-1998, Rode Khmer, DictatuurPeople
Pol Pot, Khmer Rogue, Khieu Samphan, Ke Pauk, Yun Yat, Ranariddh Sihanouk, Saloth Sâr, Ieng Sary, Keng Vannsak, Rath Samoeun, Son Ngoc Minh, Keo Meas, Khieu Ponnary, Deng Ziaoping, Nuon Chea, Heng Samrin, Buddha, Jacqueline Kennedy, Queen Kossamak, Lon Nol, Khmer Serei, Mao Zedong (1893-1976)Places
Cambodia, Angkor Wat, China, USA, Vietnam, Phnom Penh, Paris, Phnom Penh Teacher Training College, Southern China, North Vietnamese Embassy, Mount Kulen, Stung TrengTimes
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Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare
2006, Henry Holt and Company
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Pol Pot: anatomy of a nightmare
2005, Henry Holt
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2004, John Murray Publishers Ltd
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Philip Short observed Pol Pot at close quarters during the one and only official visit Pol ever made abroad, to China in 1975. He was struck by Pol Pot's charm and charisma, yet, soon after, the leader would emerge as the architect of one of the most radical and ruthless experiments in social engineering ever undertaken. His egalitarian utopia released a reign of terror that would result in one in every five Cambodians - more than a million people - perishing in the killing fields of from hunger.
Why did it happen? How did an idealistic dream of justice and prosperity mutate into one of humanity's worst nightmares? To answer these questions, Short traveled through Cambodia, interviewing former Khmer Rouge leaders and sifting through previously closed archives around the world. Key figures, including Khlen Samphan and Ieng Sary, Pol Pot's brother-in-law and foreign minister, speak here for the first time.
Philip Short's masterly narrative reveals how Pol Pot engineered his country's desolation, fashining the definitive portrait of the man who headed one of the most enigmatic and terrifying regimes of modern times.
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