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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