$33.70
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2005
Summary
Pol Pot was an idealistic, reclusive figure with great charisma and personal charm. He initiated a revolution whose radical egalitarianism exceeded any other in history. But in the process, Cambodia descended into madness and his name became a byword for oppression.
In the three-and-a-half years of his rule, more than a million people, a fifth of Cambodia’s population, were executed or died from hunger and disease. A supposedly gentle, carefree land of slumbering temples and smiling p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780719565694 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0719565693 |
| Author: | Philip Short |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2005 |
| Weight: | 419g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 38mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
An extraordinary and brilliant book … Like a clever and determined detective, Short has exposed the secrets, knitting together a story which it once seemed would never be told. The result is horrifying, but it must be read. - Scotland on Sunday
A superb, chilling, yet human portrait of a monster - Simon Sebag Montefiore, Daily TelegraphA model of research … an intelligent and compassionate account of the Cambodian nightmare - SpectatorHis weighty book, which is as much a history of modern Cambodia as a biography of the man who shaped it, [is written with] with great discretion and sensitivity … As well as a model of research, this is an intelligent and compassionate account of the Cambodian nightmare. - The Spectator‘The first full biography of the man who led Cambodia into darkness.’ - Sue Baker - Publishing NewsLike a clever and determined detective, Short has exposed the secrets … The result is horrifying, but it must be read - Scotland on SundayShort has written the definitive account of the nightmarish regime of 1975-1978, responsible for the deaths of some 1.5 million Cambodians. - Contemporary ReviewBrings clear thinking to the big questions of blame - Sunday TimesAbout The Author
Philip Short
Philip Short was for many years a foreign correspondent for the BBC, and now lives and writes in southern France. He first encountered Pol Pot in Beijing in 1977. His last book, Mao: A Life, has been hailed as the definitive biography of the founder of modern China.
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