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Pol Pot: The making of Cambodia’s Brother #1

Pol Pot: The making of Cambodia’s Brother #1

Update: 2022-09-272
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In the West, Pol Pot is synonymous with Cambodia’s infamous “Khmer Rouge”.  One of the most brutal dictatorships of the 20th Century. In hindsight, was this a case of one man’s bloodthirsty hunger for power, or the unravelling of a mission for an agrarian utopia?

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Pol Pot: The making of Cambodia’s Brother #1

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