Pol Pot : anatomy of a nightmare /
A portrait of the Cambodian despot whose rule saw the deaths of one-fifth of the country's population documents how Pol Pot's beliefs about moral purity, self-abnegation, and utopian prosperity degenerated into radical egalitarianism.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt,
[2005]
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Summary: | A portrait of the Cambodian despot whose rule saw the deaths of one-fifth of the country's population documents how Pol Pot's beliefs about moral purity, self-abnegation, and utopian prosperity degenerated into radical egalitarianism. |
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| Item Description: | "A John Macrae book." |
| Physical Description: | xv, 537 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-509) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0805066624 9780805066623 0805080066 9780805080063 |