The Pol Pot regime / Kiernan, Ben

Study of the Khmer Rouge revolution in Cambodia under the leadership of Pol Pot, discussing the virtual kidnapping of the entire nation of Cambodia, and drawing upon archives and interviews with survivors inside and outside the country to document the atrocities that took place between 1975 and 1979 resulting in the deaths of over one million Cambodians.

Presents a comprehensive examination of the rise and fall of the Khmer Rouge revolution of the late 1970s, the brutal leadership of Pol Pot and his racist and totalitarian policies, and the struggle of the United Nations to bring order to this devastated country.