Pol Pot Anatomy of a Nightmare

Name: Pol Pot Anatomy of a Nightmare
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ISBN: 9780805080063

ISBN-10: 0805080066

ISBN-13: 9780805080063

Edition: N/A

Authors: Philip Short

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"The text sparkles with shrewdly plausible inferences mortared into a compelling narrative . . . [Short] is excellent at coining pithy summations of political motives that ring humanly true."--"The New York Times Book Review "(front page) 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,…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 1/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.28" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English