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In the tragic recent history of Cambodia—a past scarred by a long occupation by Vietnamese forces and by the preceding three-year reign of terror by the brutal Khmer Rouge—no figure looms larger or more ominously than that of Pol Pot. As secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) since 1962 and as prime minister of Democratic Kampuchea (DK), he has been widely blamed for trying to destroy Cambodian society. By implementing policies whose effects were genocidal, he oversaw the deaths of more than one million of his nation’s people.The political career of Saloth Sar, better known by his nom de guerre Pol Pot, forms a critical but largely inaccessible portion of twentieth-century Cambodian history. What we know about his life is sketchy: a comfortable childhood, three years of study in France, and a short career as a schoolteacher preceded several years—spent mostly in hiding—as a guerrilla and the commander of the victorious army in Cambodia’s civil war. His career reached a climax when he and his associates, coming to power, attempted to transform their country along lines more radical than any attempted by a modern regime. Driven into hiding in 1979 by invading Vietnamese forces, Pol Pot maintained his leadership of a Khmer Rouge guerrilla army in exile, remaining a power and a threat.In this political biography, David P. Chandler throws light on the shadowy figure of Pol Pot. Basing his study on interviews and on a wide range of sources in English, Cambodian, and French, the author illuminates 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 Rouge following the death of Pol Pot in 1997.
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Editorial Reviews

New York Review of Books
Excellent and absorbing.... Indispensable to any attempt to understand the Khmer Rouge.
Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Although a work of scholarship, this book has the fast pace of a thriller.
Booknews
Revised to take new data into account, this biography by historian Chandler describes the transformation of the schoolteacher Saloth Sar into the revolutionary leader Pol Pot, recounting as much as is known about his personal and political life but not pretending that the elusive leader is ever truly within the biographer's grasp. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780813335100
  • Publisher: Westview Press
  • Publication date: 2/1/1999
  • Edition description: REVISED
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 284
  • Product dimensions: 0.64 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction 1
2 "Original Khmer," 1928-1949 7
Who Was Pol Pot? 7
Palace Connections 8
Phnom Penh in the 1930s 9
The Weight of the Past 12
The Stirrings of Nationalism 15
Moving to Kompong Cham 17
Back in Phnom Penh 21
Working for the Democrats 22
3 Becoming a Communist, 1949-1953 25
The First Year in Paris 25
Political Developments in Cambodia, 1950-1951 29
Turning to the Left 31
Becoming a Communist 37
4 Multiple Identities, 1953-1963 41
Joining the Viet Minh 41
Geneva and the 1955 Elections 43
Becoming a Teacher 49
A Militant for the Party 53
Focusing the Party 55
A Cambodian Party Takes Shape 59
The Death of Tou Samouth 60
Talking to Monks and Students 61
5 "Red Khmer," 1963-1970 65
A Hostage of the Vietnamese 67
The Visit to Vietnam 69
The Visit to China 71
A Change in Tactics 73
The Samlaut Uprising 77
Armed Struggle, 1968-1970 80
Sihanouk Loses His Grip 82
Saloth Sar Travels North 83
6 Coming to Power, 1970-1976 87
Saloth Sar Comes Home 88
The National Democratic Revolution 91
From Cease-Fire to Bombardment 94
The Only Game in Town 95
Sihanouk Visits Saloth Sar 97
Preparing the Final Assault 99
The Final Assault 102
Saloth Sar Returns to Phnom Penh 104
Inventing Democratic Kampuchea 107
The Emergence of Pol Pot 110
7 Prairie Fire, 1976-1977 113
The Four Year Plan 114
The Crisis of September-October 1976 122
Purges in Democratic Kampuchea, 1975-1977 123
Purging Friends 127
Pol Pot and the "Microbes" 129
Punishing the Intelligentsia 130
Personal Details 132
War with Vietnam 133
Coming into the Open 135
8 Coming Apart, 1977-1979 137
Pol Pot in China and North Korea 137
Cambodia's War with Vietnam 138
The War Begins 142
Opening Up 144
Attacking Enemies 146
A Cult of Personality? 148
Pol Pot on Display 153
9 "Grandfather 87," 1979-1998 157
The Discovery of Democratic Kampuchea's History 159
Concealing Democratic Kampuchea 161
Repentant Optimist, 1979-1981 162
Dropping Out of Sight, 1981-1986 164
Summing Up for the Defense 165
Solving the Cambodian "Problem," 1986-1991 170
The UNTAC Period 173
"Grandfather 87," 174
The Implosion of the Red Khmer, 1994-1998 178
Chronology 189
App. 1 Non Suon's Biography of Pol Pot 197
App. 2 Khmer Personnel at "Office 100," 1963-1966 201
Notes 203
Bibliographic Essay 243
Index 249
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