Short, Philip

Pol Pot: The History of a Nightmare

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ISBN 13:: 9780719565694
author:: Short, Philip
format:: Paperback
publisher:: John Murray
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2005
Pages:: 560
Dimensions:: 19.7 x 12.9 x 3.8 centimetres (0
Genre:: Australasian & Pacific history: postwar, from c 1945 -
Condition:: New
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Pol Pot: The History of a Nightmare By Philip Short In 1975, Cambodia descended into madness under the radical egalitarianism of Pol Pot's revolution. What began as an idealistic dream of justice and prosperity mutated into one of humanity's worst nightmares. More than a million people were executed or died from hunger and disease in the three-and-a-half years of his rule. Philip Short, biographer of Mao, spent four years travelling Cambodia, interviewing surviving leaders of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge movement and sifting through previously closed archives. Here, for the first time at length, these individuals speak about their beliefs and motives. Their stories offer a unique insight into the inner workings of one of history's most infamous regimes. Through exclusive interviews with key figures, including Pol Pot's brother-in-law and lesser-known members of the Khmer Rouge movement, Short sheds light on the events that led to this tragic period in Cambodian history.

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