Pol Pot

My topic is the Cambodian Genocide. It all started with the Khmer Rouge party leader Pol Pot who tried to make Cambodia an agrarian society. I found this topic interesting because the Cambodians were fighting against the French for their independence and the Khmer Rouge came and the Cambodians thought they were being helped out by the Khmer Rouge. In fact, the Khmer Rouge’s only goal was to defeat the French so they could take over. I found this interesting because how does it feel to know…

families, and no money. Located in Southeast Asia, Cambodia is a country less than half the size of California. From 1975 to 1979 the people of this country were living in the most unbearable conditions. This is due to the fact that on April 17, 1975 Pol Pot commenced mass murders of the upper and middle class Cambodians. Starvation spread like a disease throughout Cambodia because of past government issues, the work of the Khmer Rouge, and failed attempts of aid. Not only was Cambodia in the…

and Bosnia. There are also devastations that not so many people know about, or have even heard of. The Cambodian Genocide is a mystery to many, being it isn’t widely researched. The killing fields of Cambodia “(1975-1979)” (Krkljes, 2015) are where Pol Pot and his authoritarian government committed a mass murder. The Khmer Rouge knew that knowledge is power, which is why they mainly focused on “exterminating” the “educated.” There were nearly “2 million Cambodians” murdered on these killing…

On May 19, 1925, Pol Pot was born into a poor farming family (Pol Pot 1). Pol Pot got a scholarship to a college in Paris to study radio electronics. He later on got his scholarship revoked though, due to him absorbing Marxism (1). When he lost his scholarship he decided to move back to Cambodia and joined an underground communist movement. Cambodia’s government soon gained full independence from France and became a monarchy (1). In 1962, Pol Pot became the leader of the Cambodian communist…

devastating. Together Saddam Hussein and Pol Pot has slaughtered over 2,300,000 people because of their political and religious views. Anyone who opposed them were killed. Saddam Hussein believed in secularism which is the belief that rejects religion while Pol Pot believed in a communist society. Because of their views, these men did everything in their power to make sure their dreams were accomplished and fulfilled. While some differences between Pol Pot and Saddam Hussein are evident, the…

The Pol Pot in Cambodia Genocide was a major genocide which occurred from 1975 to 1979. Pol Pot’s army was named Khmer Rouge. This army consisted of teenage guerilla fighters, refraining guerilla’s s because they fought guerilla style. The goal of Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge was to turn the country of Cambodia into a communist country. People were moved from their cities and forced to go to labor camps. At these labor camps, the people were starved, tortured and killed. All eight stages of genocide…

Saloth Sar was Pol Pot’s real name. Pol pot was a terrible person; he struggled with a bad childhood, become power crazy, and started the Cambodian Genocide. The path that he took made him to become a bad leader. he had many many opportunities in life to be successful in life, but he always ruined the opportunity by doing the wrong things. Pol Pot was a terrible child which lead him to the wrong direction in life. Saloth Sar (Pol Pot) was born on “March of 1925, in a little fishing village of…

In 1975 Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge took control of the Cambodian Government and established a communist government. When the Khmer Rouge took control Pol Pot declared that 1975 was “year zero” would set the Cambodian Calders to year zero. During the time the Khmer Rouge was in control the government started the Cambodian Genocide. In which the government targeted Buddhist monks, intellectuals, officials from the “old” regime, and enemies of the state. The government attacked monks because…

“greater good”, Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge destroyed the country and, in only 30 years, left scars that may never heal. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were motivated to commit the Cambodian Genocide because of Pol Pot’s desire to create an anti-individualist communist utopia and because of his government officials' need to preserve their power through any means necessary. Pol Pot’s Ideology Pol Pot learned of marxism when he was working in France during the 60’s. He later returned to Cambodia and…

How do you get a whole city or country to follow your every word? Is it with kindness, charm and leadership or do you feed them false hope and lies with propaganda. The Khmer Rouge a communist guerrilla groups led by Pol Pot wanted a new Cambodia free of all western influences, corruption and Lon Nol. After a five years civil war with Lon Nol’s army the Khmer Rouge on April 17 1975 overtook Cambodia capitol Phnom Penh ending the civil war. Many thought it was a change for the better and a time…