POL POT

1925–98, Cambodian political leader, originally named Saloth Sar. Paris-educated, and a Khmer Communist leader from 1960, he led Khmer Rouge guerrillas against the government of Lon Nol after 1970. In 1975 he proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Kampuchea; he served as its premier (1976–79). The systematic murder of members of various groups, forced labor in the "killing fields," and the transformation of Cambodia into a xenophobic agrarian society ended with an invasion by the Vietnamese in late 1979. Although he retired officially in 1985, Pol Pot continued to control his guerrillas, the strongest antigovernment force, in western jungle areas of Cambodia, until factional collapse shortly before his death.

See D. Chandler, Brother Number One (1992).

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books on: Pol Pot  - 1046 results

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Brother Number One: A Political Biography of Pol Pot
Book by David P. Chandler; Westview Press, 1999
Subjects: Cambodia--Politics And Government, Pol Pot, Prime Ministers--Cambodia--Biography
Illustrations Pol Pot in Phnom Penh, December 1978 ii Cambodia...Royal Palace in the foreground, 1970 48 Pol Pot attending a theatrical performance for Sihanouk, 1973 98 Pol Pot and his wife, Khieu Ponnary, with...
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Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison
Book by David Chandler; University of California Press, 1999
Subjects: Cambodia--Politics And Government--1975-1979, Genocide--Cambodia, Political Persecution--Cambodia, Political Prisoners--Cambodia, Torture--Cambodia
...Phnom Penh radio: Kiernan, The Pol Pot Regime, 393 94. See also CMR...is discussed in Kiernan, The Pol Pot Regime, 387 88. Tuy-Pon...eyewitness , and Kiernan, The Pol Pot Regime, 400. 94 Kiernan, The Pol Pot Regime, 405 ff., and Kiernan...
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Cambodia, Pol Pot, and the United States: The Faustian Pact
Book by Michael Haas; Praeger, 1991
Subjects: Cambodia--Foreign Relations--United States, Cambodia--Politics And Government--1975-1979, United States--Foreign Relations--1945-, United States--Foreign Relations--Cambodia
...Vietnams sole aim was to eliminate Pol Pot. Eager to confront the Kremlin at...a conduit for Chinese aid to keep Pol Pots forces going so that Hanoi would...never permit an open alliance with Pol Pot, Brzezinski 1983: 440 reasoned...
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Leftism Revisited: From de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Pol Pot
Book by Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn; Regnery Gateway, 1990
Subjects: Conservatism--History, Democracy--History, Liberalism--History, Political Science--History
...South-Vietnamese army on the "terminus" of the Ho-Chi-Minh Trail, guarded by Pol Pots Red Khmers. These poor students, in reality, died for Pol Pot, for a monster who later succeeded in exterminating one-third of his countrys population...
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Melting Pot Soldiers: The Union's Ethnic Regiments
Book by William L. Burton; Fordham University Press, 1998
Subjects: Immigrants--United States--History--19th Century, United States--Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States--Army--Minorities--History--19th Century, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Immigrant, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental Histories
...Nathan Glazer and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Beyond the Melting Pot (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1970); Affirmative Discrimination...31; Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., Ethnic Groups and Foreign Pol- icy, Foreign Affairs 59(Summer 1981):975-98; Kerby...
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journal articles on: Pol Pot  - 336 results

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Transcending Time and Terror: The Re-emergence of Bon Dalien after Pol Pot and Thirty Years of Civil War
Journal article by Eve Monique Zucker; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 37, 2006
Subjects: Bon Festival--History, Cambodia--Fairs and festivals, Cambodia--History, Civil war--Cambodia, Civil war--History, Khmer Rouge--Political activity, Pol Pot--Political activity
...severed in the wake of the war and Pol Pot regime. This latter question can...Khmer society absent in the wake of Pol Pots genocide or do they remain largely...asserts that in the aftermath of Pol Pot, Cambodian communities were left...
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Orphans of Genocide: the Cham Muslims of Kampuchea Under Pol Pot
Journal article by Ben Kiernan; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 20, 1988
Subjects: Asia
...the Southwest, 61 on the orders of Pol Pots major warlord commander and Southwest...The other leading warlord of the Pol Pot regime was Ke Pauk, military commander of the Northern Zone at this time. Pol Pot himself was based in the North...
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Death, Memory and Building: The Non-Cremation of a Cambodian Monk
Journal article by John Marston; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 37, 2006
Subjects: Cambodia--History, Cambodia--Social aspects, Cremation--History, Cremation--Social aspects, Pol Pot--Political activity
...was forced to disrobe during the Pol Pot period, when war buildings were...in the area to re-organize after Pol Pots overthrow was Wat Preah Meas. Villagers...that it played that role again after Pol Pot. A charismatic monk who re-ordained...
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Recasting Zola: Gérard Philipe's Influence on Duvivier's Adaptation of Pot-bouille
Journal article by R. F. Cousins; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 17, 1989
Subjects: Females, Film adaptations, Motion pictures, Novels
...Philipes Influence on Duviviers Adaptation of Pot-bouille by R. F. Cousins Although extremely...with cinema audiences, Julien Duviviers Pot-Bouille^ failed to meet reviewers criteria...vision of bourgeois society found in Zolas Pot-Bouille was knowingly crafted into a romantic...
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Elusive Justice for the Victims of the Khmer Rouge
Journal article by Stephen P. Marks; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 52, 1999
Subjects: Cambodia--Crime, Human rights--Protection, Khmer Rouge--Cases, War crimes--Cambodia
...hand and taken Pol Pot prisoner. In addition, he exploited Pol Pots weakened position...have convinced Pol Pots Khmer Rouge captors...enough. In April 1998 Pol Pot conveniently died...soldiers, became Pol Pots base for his insurgency...Philip Shenon, "Pol Pot, the Mass Murderer...
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1.
Political Psychosis Outlasts Pol Pot
Magazine article by David Roberts; The World Today, Vol. 54, May 1998
Subjects: Cambodia, Elections, Khmers Rouges-Kampuchea, Pol Pot, Political parties, Politics
...removal of westemism. Pol Pot and his pseudo-Maoist...kill them, no loss. Pol Pots funeral reflects this creed...also China and the US if Pol Pot had revealed all. Not a few took the view that Pol Pots death might have been politically...
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How Thatcher Gave Pol Pot a Hand
Magazine article by John Pilger; New Statesman, Vol. 129, April 17, 2000
Subjects: Cambodia--Military policy, Khmer Rouge--Military policy, Pol Pot--Military policy
How Thatcher gave Pol Pot a hand by John Pilger Almost two million...happened On 17 April, it is 25 years since Pol Pots Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh. In...To mark the anniversary, the evil of Pol Pot will be recalled, almost as a ritual...
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The Friends of Pol Pot
Magazine article by John Pilger; The Nation, Vol. 266, May 11, 1998
Subjects: Cambodian foreign relations--United States, Pol Pot--Political activity, United States, United States foreign relations--Cambodia
...terror was critical in Pol Pots drive for power. "They...Kissinger and Nixon began, Pol Pot completed. Had the United...began secretly backing Pol Pot in exile. Direct contact...a clandestine visit to Pol Pots operational base inside...
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Communists and Pol Pot Need Tribunal
Magazine article by Craig Shirley, Robert Geist; Insight on the News, Vol. 13, July 28, 1997
Subjects: Communism--Moral and ethical aspects, Crimes against humanity--Cases, Genocide--Cases, Khmer Rouge--Officials and employees, Pol Pot--Cases
Communists and Pol Pot need tribunal by Craig Shirley , Robert...power in Phnom Penh, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot apparently has been captured and may yet...better place, if only by degree. But Pol Pots capture is more than just a coda to a bloody...
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Cambodia; Pol Pot's Car: Any Offers?
Magazine article by Sam Alexandroni; New Statesman, Vol. 136, November 5, 2007
Subjects: Ex-prime ministers--Collections and collecting, Online auctions, Pol Pot--Collections and collecting, Used automobiles--Collections and collecting, Used automobiles--Purchasing, Used cars--Collections and collecting, Used cars--Purchasing
Cambodia; Pol Pots Car: Any Offers? by Sam...limousine reportedly owned by Pol Pot, the late leader of Cambodias...documents exist to prove that Pol Pot ever used the car. Nonetheless...It was always known as Pol Pots car. Nobody else during...
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Pol Pot Death Hasn't Purged Cambodia
Newspaper article by Ben Barber; The Washington Times, April 17, 1998
Subjects: Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot
...I did for my country," Pol Pot told Western reporter Nate Thayer...My conscience is clear." Pol Pots guerrilla army took power 23...Vietnamese troops invaded and drove Pol Pot from power in January 1979...Program at Yale University. "Pol Pot was one of the worst manifestations...
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Pol Pot May Never Be Tried for 'Killing Fields': U.S., Other Former Backers of Khmer Rouge, Not Eager to Look into Past
Newspaper article by Ben Barber; The Washington Times, July 2, 1997
Subjects: Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot
...collection of evidence on Pol Pots crimes. Mr. Robb, a...veteran, said a trial of Pol Pot - like a trial of indicted...King Sihanouk was once a Pol Pot ally. The foreign powers...also found themselves on Pol Pots side at some times. A...
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Rebels Capture Pol Pot in Cambodia: U.S. Wants Him Tried for Genocide
Newspaper article by Ben Barber; The Washington Times, June 19, 1997
Subjects: Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot
...display, some of Pol Pots forces reportedly ran...tractor. RISE AND FALL OF POL POT Major events involving Pol Pot, leader of Cambodias...Rouge breaks up. Pol Pots brother-in-law...to defect. FRIDAY: Pol Pot orders top general Son...
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Khmer Rouge Has Copy of Pol Pot: Ta Mok, Known as 'The Butcher,' May Be Its New Leader
Newspaper article by Richard Ehrlich; The Washington Times, August 4, 1997
Subjects: Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot
...in his views compared with Pol Pot." Ta Mok - a close comrade of Pol Pots from the earliest days of the...who lost relatives under Pol Pots reign. There is no indication...the vast fortune acquired by Pol Pot during the past 20 years through...
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Pol Pot May Never See Tribunal on Genocide
Newspaper article by Richard S. Ehrlich; The Washington Times, June 24, 1997
Subjects: Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, United Nations
...yesterday about whether Pol Pot will ever stand trial for...ministers cautioned that Pol Pots former allies may not let...Hun Sen, said he feared Pol Pot would be killed before...brought to trial. He said Pol Pots former allies both inside...
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encyclopedia articles on: Pol Pot  - 6 results

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Pol Pot
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
POL POT 1925 98, Cambodian political leader, originally...be ascribed to the cruelty or ineptitude of Pol Pot made him one of the most infamous leaders...Although he retired officially in 1985, Pol Pot continued to control his guerrillas, the...
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Cambodia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...After In 1975, the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot , seized control of Phnom Penh and overthrew...Democratic Kampuchea, and established Pol Pot as the premier. Immediately following...victims of the genocide. In 1978, after Pol Pot refused offers of negotiation and...
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Khmer Rouge
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the Khmer Rouge in 1985, but Pol Pot was believed to remain the real leader...within the Khmer Rouge in 1997 led to Pol Pots ouster, trial, and imprisonment...factional fighting resumed in 1998. Pol Pot died in April, Khieu Samphan surrendered...
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Heng Samrin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...civil war (1970 75), he sought refuge in Vietnam from Pol Pots purges (1977). Returning to lead the uprising, he...the Vietnamese-installed Cambodian government after Pol Pot s overthrow (1979). He faced continued armed resistance...
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Vietnam
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and early 1980s, Vietnam expanded its control of Southeast Asia by invading Cambodia (where it toppled the regime of Pol Pot and installed a Vietnamese-backed government) and also by establishing a military presence in Laos. These actions alienated...
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