Brother Number One: A Political Biography Of Pol Pot

by David P Chandler

Overview

In the tragic recent history of Cambodia'a past scarred by a long occupation by Vietnamese forces and by the preceding three-year reign of terror by the brutal Khmer Rouge—no figure looms larger or more ominously than that of Pol Pot. As secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) since 1962 and as prime minister of

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367314729
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

David P Chandler, an emeritus professor of history at Monash University in Australia, is currently an adjunct Professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction, 2 "Original Khmer," 1928-1949, 3 Becoming a Communist, 1949-1953, 4 Multiple Identities, 1953-1963, 5 "Red Khmer," 1963-1970, 6 Coming to Power, 1970-1976, 7 Prairie Fire, 1976-1977, 8 Coming Apart, 1977-1979, 9 "Grandfather 87," 1979-1998