Ebook: Brother Number One : a Political Biography Of Pol Pot
Author: Chandler David P., Pol Pot
- Tags: Pol Pot., Prime ministers -- Cambodia -- Biography., Cambodia -- Politics and government., History., HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia., Politics and government, Prime ministers., Cambodia.
- Year: 1999
- Publisher: Westview Press
- City: New York, Cambodia, Cambodia
- Language: English
- epub
In Cambodia's recent, tragic past, no figure looms larger or more ominously than that of Pol Pot. Yet information about his life and career is largely inaccessible. In this first book-length study of the man, the historian David P. Chandler casts light on the shadowy figure of Pol Pot, illuminating the ideas and behavior of this enigmatic man and his entourage against the background of post-World War II events, Read more...
Abstract: In Cambodia's recent, tragic past, no figure looms larger or more ominously than that of Pol Pot. Yet information about his life and career is largely inaccessible. In this first book-length study of the man, the historian David P. Chandler casts light on the shadowy figure of Pol Pot, illuminating the ideas and behavior of this enigmatic man and his entourage against the background of post-World War II events, providing a key to understanding this horrific, pivotal period of Cambodian history. In this revised edition, Chandler provides new information on the state of Cambodia and the Khmer Ro