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Pol Pot : anatomy of a nightmare /

by Short, Philip.
Type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Henry Holt, 2005, c2004Edition: 1st American ed.Description: xv, 537 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0805066624.Subject(s): Pol Pot | Genocide -- Cambodia | Atrocities -- Cambodia | Prime ministers -- Cambodia -- Biography | Cambodia -- Politics and governmentOnline resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Sample text Summary: Chronicles the life of Pol Pot, focusing on the years he spent as ruler of Cambodia and describing his efforts to exterminate any Cambodians who held onto old beliefs and ideas that went against Pol Pot's vision of an egalitarian utopia.
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"A John Macrae book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Library Journal, December 2004

Booklist starred, December 2004

Kirkus Starred, November 2004

New York Times, February 2005

Choice, January 2006

Chronicles the life of Pol Pot, focusing on the years he spent as ruler of Cambodia and describing his efforts to exterminate any Cambodians who held onto old beliefs and ideas that went against Pol Pot's vision of an egalitarian utopia.

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