Cambodian Prime Minister and head of the Khmer Rouge who was responsible for widespread executions, forced labor, and famine killing an estimated 3 million Cambodians.
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NewsHour: Pol Pot's Legacy-- June 18, 1997
... under the leadership of Soloth Sar, better known as Pol Pot. ... caused
largely by the
spilling over of the Vietnam War. Peasants were ruined by the war’s ...
The death
of Pol Pot
... was played by the United States government, which saw Pol Pot as a useful
Cold War
ally, since he was at war with Vietnam, which was allied to the Soviet Union ...
Pol Pot last Day
... My only wish is that Cambodians stay united so that Vietnam will not swallow
our
country." Pol Pot never expressed any regrets, she says. "What I would
like ...
Pol Pot
... were killed by direct methods. 1979- there was a Vietnam invasion. The
Vietnamese
army deposed Pol Pot's government and established a puppet government in its ...
Will
Cambodia put Pol Pot's legacy to rest?
... Driven from power by the Vietnamese, Pol Pot and thousands of his followers
found ... who,
like him, were fearful of Vietnam. As the monstrous reality of the ...
USNews: Is
Pol Pot better off dead? (4/27/98)
... proved embarrassing to the United States. After Vietnam invaded Cambodia in
1978
to destroy Pol Pot's regime, Washington backed the anti-Vietnamese military ...
Pol
Pot and The Art of War
... with a winning strategy. After the overthrow of his murderous regime by
Vietnam
in 1979, Pol Pot declared that his communist party had been dissolved, he was
...
Cambodian
tyrant Pol Pot hid brutality behind charisma
... the United States and China - all of whom had an ax to grind with Vietnam -
Pol Pot
led a guerrilla struggle into the 1990s from strongholds on the Thai border ...
Pol Pot
biography
... cause. The Government, however, began a Communist crackdown and Pol Pot was
forced
to flee to the Jungles near the Vietnam border to avoid arrest. For the next ...
TIMEasia.com
| TIME 100: Pol Pot | 8/23/99-8/30/99
... to the hated Vietnamese. Pol Pot assumed that the Cambodian revolution would
be
swifter and more authentic than anything Vietnam could carry out. His Chinese
...
Fight
survives Pol Pot
... After Vietnam's army toppled the Khmer Rouge in 1979, the guerrillas ...
made peace.
In return, some leaders as bloodstained as Pol Pot received amnesty. ...
Pol
Pot
... In 1979, conflicts between Cambodia and Vietnam led to a Vietnamese
invasion.
The Vietnamese army deposed Pol Pot s government and established a puppet ...
WHO DO
WE BLAME FOR POL POT ?
WHO DO WE BLAME FOR POL POT ? Base: Vietnam Portfolio - Protest Date: Sat, 18
Apr
1998 01:09:04 GMT From: Shrink4u@mail.quik.com (Dr. Barry Spatz) ...