8 rows · · Pol Pot.: Anatomy of a Nightmare. Philip Short. Macmillan, Feb 8, - Biography /5(2). · Philip Short refers to his book on Mao in his preface to "Pol Pot:Anatomy to a Massacre" and, while acknowledging Mao's extraordinary beastliness (the man was probably responsible for over 50 million deaths) he highlights Mao's pretentions to greatness not unlike Napoleon's or Alexander's. That is not the case with Pol Pot/5. · It is safe to search for your favorite show. March 9, Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare. Mr. Short talked about his book Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare, published by Henry Holt and bltadwin.ru described the life of Cambodia’s Pol. bltadwin.ru provides unlimited and fast file cloud storage that enables you to securely share and access files online.
Philip Short observed Pol Pot at close quarters during the one and only official visit Pol ever made abroad, to China in He was struck by Pol Pot's charm and charisma, yet, soon after, the leader would emerge as the architect of one of the most radical and ruthless experiments in social engineering ever undertaken. What the reader of a Pol Pot biography mainly wants to know is whether the egregious savagery of Cambodian Communism had its origins, or some of them, in the personality of the leader. According to Philip Short's account in "Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare" (Henry Holt, pages, $30), the answer seems to be that it did not. "Philip Short's Pol Pot is an almanac of extermination that achieves the near impossible feat of translating madness into logic. This biography is a tour de force." —David Levering Lewis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of W. E. B. DuBois "An intelligent and compassionate account of the Cambodian nightmare." —The Spectator.
Philip Short refers to his book on Mao in his preface to "Pol Pot:Anatomy to a Massacre" and, while acknowledging Mao's extraordinary beastliness (the man was probably responsible for over 50 million deaths) he highlights Mao's pretentions to greatness not unlike Napoleon's or Alexander's. That is not the case with Pol Pot. Pol Pot.: Anatomy of a Nightmare. Philip Short. Macmillan, Feb 8, - Biography . Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare. Pol Pot.: Philip Short. Henry Holt and Company, Apr 1, - History - pages. 4 Reviews. A gripping and definitive portrait of the man who headed one of the.
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