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Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare by Philip Short
Observing Pol Pot at close quarters during the one and only official visit he ever made abroad, to China in 1975, Philip Short was struck by the Cambodian leader’s charm and charisma. Yet Pol Pot’s utopian experiments in social engineering would result in the death of one in every five Cambodians—more than a million people.
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 Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary, Pol’s brother-in-law and foreign minister, speak here for the first time.
Short’s masterly narrative serves as the definitive portrait of the man who headed one of the most enigmatic and terrifying regimes of modern times.
Book Details
| Title: | Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare |
|---|---|
| Author: | Philip Short |
| ISBN-10: | 0805066624 Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: | 0805080066 Paperback |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0805066623 Hardcover |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0805080063 Paperback |
| Publisher: | Henry Holt and Co. |
| Length: | 560 pages |
| Language: | English |
| Dimensions: | 6.1 x 10.1 x 1.80 inches - Hardcover |
| Weight: | 2 pounds - Hardcover |
| Dimensions: | 6 x 9 x 1.3 inches - Paperback |
| Weight: | 2.2 pounds - Paperback |
| File Size (Kindle): | 3599 KB |
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