Pol Pot & the Khmer Rouge
In the late 1970s approximately one in six Cambodians died as a direct result of the rule of the Khmer Rouge. We learn about this group and how with its leader, the late Pol Pot, they came to rule Cambodia. Guests: Philip Short, author of "Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare"; Craig Etcheson, advisor to the Documentation Center of Cambodia; and Sarem Neou, a VOA-Khmer service journalist.
Read entire article at VOA "Talk to America" August 23rd 2005, Part #2 (24:56-49:00)