Pol Pot - The History of a Nightmare

Zusatztext The result is a searching account Informationen zum Autor Philip Short was for many years a foreign correspondent for the BBC, and now lives and writes in southern France. He first encountered Pol Pot in Beijing in 1977. His last book, Mao: A Life, has been hailed as the definitive biography of the founder of modern China. Klappentext The definitive portrait of Pol Pot, the enigmatic man behind the most terrifying regime of modern times Vorwort The definitive portrait of Pol Pot, the enigmatic man behind the most terrifying regime of modern times Zusammenfassung The definitive portrait of Pol Pot, the enigmatic man behind the most terrifying regime of modern times

Product details

• Authors: Philip Short, Short Philip
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.06.2005
• EAN: 9780719565694
• ISBN: 978-0-7195-6569-4
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Cambodia, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, Biography: historical, political and military, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Australasian and Pacific history, Political oppression and persecution