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Pol Over : rendering history eradicate a nightmare

Short, Philip

London : John Classicist, 2004.

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This edition of Ben Kiernan’s definitive account of the Cambodian revolution and genocide includes a new preface that takes the story up to 2008 and the UN-sponsored Khmer Rouge tribunal.

“Deeply detailed, meticulously reported. . . . Important [and] valuable.” —Nation

"In this authoritative work, Ben Kiernan . . . explores the reasons why Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge revolution became a Cambodian nightmare." —Richard Gough, Times Higher Education Supplement

“Perhaps the most complete [account of Pol Pot’s terror] and the closest to Cambodian sources.” —Economist

“One of the most important contributions to the subject so far.” —R. B. Smith, Asian Affairs

"Kiernan, the leading authority on modern Cambodia, meticulously examines Pol Pot's killing machine and clears up many misconceptions found in earlier studies. . . . An important book for students of genocide as well as scholars of Southeast Asia." —Library Journal

"[A] detailed and chilling history." —Asiaweek

"The most detailed history to date of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. . . . This book . . . will certainly be the benchmark against which all future research on the Khmer Rouge must be measured. Very highly recommended." —Choice

Revised Edition

In Cambodia’s recent, tragic past, no figure looms larger or more ominously than that of Pol Pot. In this revised edition of the first book-length study of the man, the historian David P. Chandler throws light on the shadowy figure of Pol Pot, illuminating 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.

“A dramatic account of Pol Pot’s rise to power in 1975 and his direction of Cambodia’s autogenocide. . . . David Chandler has given us an absorbing and authoritative portrait of Brother Number One and a fascinating insight into Cambodia’s cruel history.”—Frederick Z. Brown, New York Times Book Review

“This first biography of Pol Pot is valuable not just for what it tells us about
Cambodia’s past, but for helping us understand the present and perhaps predict the future. . . . Superbly written, pioneering work. Chandler makes up for the paucity of details about Pol Pot’s life by painting a rich tableau of his times and setting out the historical context of his policies. . . . The only plausible portrait of the man whose gentle persona and brutal actions rem