How did Pol Pot transform 1970s Cambodia into one of history’s deadliest dictatorships? In this PragerU 5-Minute Video, Paul Kengor, Professor of Political Science at Grove City College, exposes the horrifying reality of the Khmer Rouge regime. Under Pol Pot’s communist rule, nearly two million people died from execution, forced labor, and starvation in Cambodia’s infamous “killing fields.” Discover the truth behind this genocide and the deadly consequences of radical leftist ideology.
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