Aboriginal, torres strait islander and other first nations people are advised that this catalogue contains names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Pdf this article attempts to shed additional light on one of the most. Cambodia entered the postww2 era chafing under a century of french colonialism. At 560 pages long, it covers the life of saloth sar his original khmer birth name from his fairly privileged childhood to his education academic and political to his taking of power and his life postkhmer rouge. He initiated a revolution whose radical egalitarianism exceeded any other i. Philip short observed pol pot at close quarters during the one and only of. I remember the first time i saw the killing fields at choeung ek. Our journalism is free and open for all, but its made possible thanks to the support we receive. The history of a nightmare new ed by short, philip isbn. My first book about cambodia, pol pots smile, deals with the khmer rouges. 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 leaders charm and charisma. Pol pot and his khmer rouge had been expelled by the vietnamese a dozen years before, but their. Fictional books about genocide include historical fic.
Book by philip short entitled pol pot, the history of a nightmare. Vannsak mentored pol pot while both were in france. Dive deep into philip short s pol pot with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. The book is exhaustively detailed and very wellwritten. For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat invoices. Keng vannsak was a cambodian scholar, philosopher and khmer linguist. The publisher has supplied this book in drm free form with digital watermarking. Downloaded by university of michigan, john ciorciari at 07. Philip short met the leader of the khmer rouge, pol pot. As pa speaks, i know he thinks someone in our family has stolen the rice. In the three and a half years of pol pot s rule, more than a million cambodians, a fifth of the countrys population, were executed or died from hunger.
Yet pol pot s utopian experiments in social engineering would result in the death of one in every five cambodiansmore than a million people. Includes bibliographical references pages 461509 and index. Pol pot was an idealistic, reclusive figure with great charisma and personal charm. Pol pot ebook by philip short 9781429900935 rakuten kobo. He was struck by pol pot s charm and charisma, yet, soon after, the leader would emerge as the architect of one of the most radical and ruthless experiments in social engineering ever undertaken. Read pol pot anatomy of a nightmare by philip short available from rakuten kobo. Anatomy of a nightmare on your kindle in under a minute. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading. For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat. The research he has put into the book is in itself. You can read this ebook on any device that supports drm free epub or drm free pdf format.
Philip short observed pol pot at close quarters during the one and only official visit pol ever made abroad, to china in 1975. As described by historian philip short in his book titled pol pot anatomy of a nightmare. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A gripping and definitive portrait of the man who headed one of. Anatomy of a nightmare is an exhaustive biography of the mastermind of the khmer rouge. For business exclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat invoices. This hugely impressive book is more than just the life story of an individual.
An intelligent and compassionate account of the cambodian nightmare. Short is excellent at coining pithy summations of political motives that ring humanly true. His weighty book, which is as much a history of modern cambodia as a. The history of a nightmare new ed by philip short isbn. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone. Convinced that he realises it was me, i hide my eyes from him.