Behind the Killing Fields bravely confronts this challenge in an exclusive portrait of one man's political madness and another's personal wisdom. In this age of suicide bombers and terror alerts, the world is still at a loss to comprehend the violence of zealots. From 1975 to 1979 Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge radically pushed Cambodia towards a terrifying vision of communism, forcing all citizens to. While Thet holds Chea responsible for the death of his parents and brother, he strives for understanding over revenge in order to reveal the forces that destroyed his homeland in the name of creating utopia. The stories of Nuon Chea and Sambath Thet collide when the two meet. Coauthor Sambath Thet, a Khmer Rouge survivor, shares his personal perspectives on the murderous regime and how some victims have managed to rebuild their lives. The book traces how the seeds of the Killing Fields were sown and what led one man to believe that mass killing was necessary for the greater good. He is now in prison, facing prosecution in a United Nations-Cambodian tribunal for his actions during the Khmer Rouge rule, when more than two million Cambodians died. Pol Pot was denounced by his former comrades in a show trial in July 1997, and sentenced to house arrest in his jungle home.

Known as Brother Number 2, Chea was Pol Pot's top lieutenant. Based on more than 1,000 hours of interviews with the top surviving Khmer Rouge leader, Nuon Chea, Behind the Killing Fields follows the journey of a man who began as a dedicated freedom fighter and wound up accused of crimes against humanity. Pol Pot died on April 15th, 1998 from heart failure. Pol Pot committed genocide after the Cambodian Civil War (1967-1975). Nearly thirty years after these bloody purges, two journalists entered the jungles of Cambodia to uncover secrets still buried there. The Khmer Rouge was a weird, ultra-Maoist revolutionary group led by a weird, ultra-Maoist revolutionary named Pol Pot. Answer and Explanation: Become a member to unlock this answer Create your account.

One of the most disturbing examples took place in Cambodia's Killing Fields, where tens of thousands of victims were executed and hastily disposed of by Khmer Rouge cadres. In recent history, atrocities have often been committed in the name of lofty ideals.

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