Pol Pot
Pol Pot (born Saloth Sar (Khmer: Pol Pot: ប៉ុល ពត; Saloth Sar: សាឡុត ស); 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until his death in 1998. From 1963 to 1981, he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea. From 1976 to 1979, he also served as the prime minister of Democratic Kampuchea. Pol Pot became leader of Cambodia on April 17, 1975, and his rule was a dictatorship. During his time in power he imposed agrarian socialism, forcing urban dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in collective farms and forced labor projects. The combined effects of executions, forced labor, malnutrition, and poor medical care caused the deaths of approximately 25 percent of the Cambodian population. In all, an estimated 1 to 3 million people (out of a population of slightly over 8 million) died due to the policies of his three-year premiership.
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Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
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1989
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Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
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2000
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The Second Plane: September 11, 2001-2007
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2008
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Withnail & I: From Cult to Classic
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2023
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Soviet Power: The Kremlin's Foreign Policy - Brezhnev to Chernenko
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1984
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The Shadow of Enlightenment: How the Search for Reason Created Unreasonable Politics
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