{"product_id":"pol-pot-anatomy-of-a-nightmare","title":"Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare","description":"“A superb, authoritative account of the man and the madness that transformed Cambodia, almost overnight, into hell on earth”―The New York Times\n\nThe leading biographer offers a searing, firsthand account of the despot's ideology and the horrors of his reign.\n\nObserving Pol Pot at close quarters during the one and only official visit he ever made abroad, to China in 1975, Philip Short was struck by the Cambodian leader's charm and charisma. Yet Pol Pot's utopian experiments in social engineering would result in the death of one in every five Cambodians―more than a million people.\n\nHow did an idealistic dream of justice and prosperity mutate into one of humanity's worst nightmares? To answer these questions, Short traveled through Cambodia, interviewing former Khmer Rouge leaders and sifting through previously closed archives around the world. Key figures, including Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary, Pol's brother-in-law and foreign minister, speak here for the first time.\n\nShort's masterly narrative serves as the definitive portrait of the man who headed one of the most enigmatic and terrifying regimes of modern times.\n\n\"Short chronicles the stages of the Cambodian revolution with admirable clarity . . . A few chilling details, expertly deployed, do the necessary work.\" ―The New York Times\n\n\"A spectacularly efficient job of describing what happened and why . . . A chillingly clear portrait.\" ―The Economist\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0805080066\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0805080066.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Short, Philip\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41658224148538,"sku":"DBV.0805080066.G","price":13.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0805080066-0.jpg?v=1789620788","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/pol-pot-anatomy-of-a-nightmare","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}