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 Format: Textbook Paperback, 1st ed., 280 pages
Edition: REVISED
Publisher: Westview Press
ISBN: 0813335108
Release Date: Jan 10, 1997
| |  | | | In Brief
This is a biography of the Cambodian politician and leader of the Khmer Rouge. Index.
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The only book-length study of the genocidal leader of Democratic Kampuchea. Revised to include information leading up to his death in April 1998
| |  | | | | 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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