1975 was called “year zero” in Cambodia. Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge which had just won a civil war, renamed the country Kampuchea, isolated it from the world, and moved the inhabitants of Phnom Penh into the country. His intent was to create a pure, rural communist society. Needless to say, the Khmer Rouge were incompetent leaders. The famine that followed year zero killed hundreds of thousands. But on top of
Terror Against Literacy
Terror Against Literacy
Terror Against Literacy
1975 was called “year zero” in Cambodia. Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge which had just won a civil war, renamed the country Kampuchea, isolated it from the world, and moved the inhabitants of Phnom Penh into the country. His intent was to create a pure, rural communist society. Needless to say, the Khmer Rouge were incompetent leaders. The famine that followed year zero killed hundreds of thousands. But on top of