An edition of Pol Pot (2004)

Pol Pot

Anatomy of a Nightmare

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An edition of Pol Pot (2004)

Pol Pot

Anatomy of a Nightmare

First Owl Books edition (2)
  • 4.50 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 18 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

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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Pages
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Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare
2006, Henry Holt and Company
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Pol Pot: The History of a Nightmare
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New York

First Sentence

"THE VILLAGE OF Prek Sbauv extends along the east bank of the River Sen, which flows southward from the town of Kompong Thom to the Great Lake, the Tonle Sap."

Edition Notes

A John Macrae Book

Copyright Date
2004

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
959.604/2
Library of Congress
DS554.83.P65 S53 2005,

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xv, 537p.
Number of pages
576
Dimensions
8.9 x 5.7 x 1.5 inches
Weight
1.6 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7933192M
Internet Archive
polpot00phil
ISBN 10
0805080066
ISBN 13
9780805080063
OCLC/WorldCat
149494871, 2004054080
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0805080066
Google
cHhnDwAAQBAJ
Library Thing
577267
Goodreads
58662130

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