Pol Pot's Little Red Book: The Sayings of Angkar

by Henri Locard and Pol Pot

Book Overview

This handbook of slogans, interspersed with historical commentary and contextual analysis, describes the Khmer Rouge regime and exposes the horrific foundation upon which it constructed its reign of terror. On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized power in Phnom Penh. In the three years, eight months, and twenty days of their government, they made a tabula rasa of Cambodian society and culture, forcing the people to evacuate the cities and move...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9749575563
• ISBN13: 9789749575567
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 7.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher