How Did Pol Pot Revolutionize Cambodia
April 1975, saw the Khmer Rouge seize Phnom Penh and with it the basic human rights and dignity of it's people; who were marched out of the city and forced into slave labour camps under the guise of equality. Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge, was educated in Paris where he became familiar with Marxist Ideology. He wanted to revolutionise Cambodia by turning it into a giant agricultural food bowl, farmed by its people. This change was marked by renaming Cambodia Kampuchea and in recognition of the new regime and the start of a new life in a new country, it was declared "Year Zero."
Pol Pot went much further than his initial Marxist ideologies and adopted that of Chairman Mao, head of communist China. He set about purging Cambodia of its intellectuals,
Pol Pot went much further than his initial Marxist ideologies and adopted that of Chairman Mao, head of communist China. He set about purging Cambodia of its intellectuals,