{"product_id":"how-pol-pot-came-to-ben-kiernan-9780300102628","title":"How Pol Pot Came to Power: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Communism in Cambodia, 1930-1975","description":"How did Pol Pot, a tyrant comparable to Hitler and Stalin in his brutality and contempt for human life, rise to power? This authoritative book explores what happened in Cambodia from 1930 to 1975, tracing the origins and trajectory of the Cambodian Communist movement and setting the ascension of Pol Pot's genocidal regime in the context of the conflict between colonialism and nationalism. A new preface bring this edition up to date. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for the first edition: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Given the highly secretive nature of Pol Pot's activities, the precise circumstances and manoeuvres that propelled him to the top of the heap will perhaps never be known. But Kiernan has come impressively close to it. . . . And he has presented it in a wide perspective, drawing interesting comparisons with communist movements in Indonesia, Thailand, Burma and India. . . . Incisive.\"--T. J. S. George, \u003ci\u003eAsiaweek, \u003c\/i\u003e\"Editor's Pick of the Month\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A rich, gruesome and compelling tale. . . fascinating, well-researched and measured . . . a model of judgement and scholarship.\"--Fred Halliday, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Kiernan's] capacity for dogged research on three continents, and his mastery of every ideological nuance. . .  are] awe-inspiring.\"--Dervla Murphy, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Kiernan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300102623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300102628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.44w x 1.27d","brand":"Ben Kiernan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45476839751935,"sku":"9780300102628","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82530110-a519-4dd7-88a6-cf6bb1f04a3d.jpg?v=1715918308","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-pol-pot-came-to-ben-kiernan-9780300102628","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}