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He had more than one goal, here they are in a loose hierarchy of importance:
To achieve Maoist Communism without taking the intermediate step of Socialism as proscribed by Marx. This explains the brutal swiftness with which he put his plans (probably influenced by an ageing Mao, who he had met prior to 1975) into action. The evacuation of the cities and the elimination of class enemies happened with alarming swiftness at the beginning of his governance. This goal may be considered closely related to his retrospection, that being:
To regain the glory of the Angkor Empire. He was retrospective in his vision for Cambodia. He saw the greatness of the Angkor Empire (built on agrarian labour and colossal irrigation systems) and wished to emulate this by the same means.
Ethnic cleansing: he orchestrated the murder of ethnic Vietnamese and ordered all other foreigners out of Cambodia. The only exception to this were the Chinese, probably because of Mao's support for Democratic Kampuchea. There was also a French lady who was married to a senior cadre who stayed for most of Democratic Kampuchea's tenure. Other than that, there were only brown Khmer everywhere. In this goal alone he succeeded.
He hated Vietnam for its territorial encroachments over the centuries and wanted to reclaim Kampuchea Krom (ie: the Mekong Delta area) for Democratic Kampuchea. He attempted to do this, foolishly, through force of arms. Once the Vietnamese (who had just beaten the US and its rather large coalition out of the area) had had enough of his incursions across the border, they attacked him and he lost power when the Vietnamese took Phnom Penh in 1979.
To get all CIA and KGB agents out of Democratic Kampuchea. No-one knows if he really believed they were crawling all over the place but his preoccupation with catching them is obvious when reading documents from S-21. Whilst it is inconceivable that a single agent would throw their life away in Dem Kampuchea, Pol Pot unmasked and executed them in their thousands.
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Pol Pot (Khmer Rouge leader)
What are Pol Pot's followers called?
Pol Pot's followers were called the Khmer Rouge. They were a radical communist group that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Under Pol Pot's leadership, the Khmer Rouge implemented brutal policies that resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people.
What was Pol Pot's job?
Pol Pot was the leader of the Khmer Rouge, a communist political group, and the Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1976 to 1979. He is known for orchestrating a brutal regime that resulted in the death of approximately 1.7 million people through forced labor, executions, and mass killings.
What role did Cambodia play in the Vietnam war?
Cambodia was caught in the middle. Powerful hostile NVA forces within their country; and a powerful US force wanting to destroy those NVA forces. A neutral Cambodia wanting no part of either, but unable to stop either one.
The kilmer rouge is a communist force associated with the country of?
Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge was in power from 1975 to 1979 and their leader, Pol Pot, implemented radical agrarian socialism policies that led to the deaths of an estimated 1.5 to 2 million people through execution, forced labor, and famine. They were eventually overthrown by the Vietnamese military intervention.
What was the situation like in cambodia after pol pots dictatorship ended?
unpleasant bad economy and dictatorship was still in the governments rules except called socialism.
Where is pol pot from?
Cambodia
Where did pol pot live?
cambodia
Pol pots real name?
Pol Pot was born Saloth Sar.
Who was in charge of the genocide in Cambodia?
Pol Pot
Where did pol pot start a war?
Cambodia.
Who is a infamous person in Cambodia?
Pol pot
How did Pol Pot come to power and what did he promise the people of Cambodia?
Pol Pot did not want to have power of cambodia, since he was working with the cambodian government every else had a place they were chose,so the only place left for Pol Pot was having control over cambodia and that is all.......
What country does pol pot come from?
Comes from cambodia
The leader of communist forces in Cambodia was .?
pol pot
What would have happened if Vietnam had not invaded cambodia?
Then Cambodia is no more. Thanks to Pol Pot and his PLAN.
Why did pol pot make cambodia so poor?
Pol Pot did not make Cambodia poor; it was already poor when he came to power. He perpetuated the current poverty by supporting economic policies that weakened Cambodia's position as a trade partner.
