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Weltig, Matthew Scott.

Pol Pot's Cambodia / Matthew S. Weltig. - Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2009. - 160 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 23 cm. - Dictatorships .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-154) and index.

Evacuation of Phnom Penh -- The making of a revolutionary -- From political work to armed struggle -- "Bright red blood which covers towns and plains" -- Democratic Kampuchea -- Life under Pol Pot -- The demise of Pol Pot.

Discusses the nation of Cambodia under the rule of Pol Pot, a Communist revolutionary who attained power in 1975 after years of fighting.

ISBN: 0822586681 (lib. bdg.) 9780822586685 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN: 2008000381

Subjects--Personal Names:
Pol Pot--Juvenile literature.
Pol Pot.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political atrocities--History--Cambodia--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Political atrocities--History--Cambodia--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Cambodia--History--1953-1975--Juvenile literature.
Cambodia--History--1975-1979--Juvenile literature.
Cambodia--Politics and government--1975-1979--Juvenile literature.
Cambodia--History--1953-1975.
Cambodia--History--1975-1979.
Cambodia--Politics and government--1975-1979.

LC Class. No.: DS554.8 / .W46 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 959.604/2