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Pol Pot Part 1: Tyrant in the Shadows

2022/6/21
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Alex Hinton: 波尔布特虽然出身于相对富裕的农民家庭,但他却对外宣称自己来自贫苦背景,这与他后来的政治策略和权力巩固密切相关。这种双重身份和经历深刻地影响了他的世界观和政治选择,也为其日后的暴行埋下了伏笔。他利用自己与皇室的联系以及对西方文化的了解,在红色高棉内部获得了优势地位,并最终掌握了柬埔寨的权力。 Phuoc Yer: 柬埔寨与越南之间长期存在的历史恩怨对柬埔寨的政治和社会环境产生了深远的影响。世代相传的关于越南人残酷虐待柬埔寨人的故事,即使其真实性存疑,也加剧了柬埔寨人对越南人的仇恨和不信任,成为红色高棉利用和煽动民族主义情绪的土壤。 Elizabeth Becker: 法国殖民时期,法国宣称拯救柬埔寨免受泰国和越南的侵略,但这种说法值得商榷。法国殖民统治对柬埔寨的政治、经济和社会结构造成了深远的影响,也为红色高棉的崛起创造了条件。柬埔寨与周边国家之间的长期冲突和文化差异,也加剧了柬埔寨社会的动荡和不稳定。 旁白: 红色高棉试图恢复柬埔寨昔日的辉煌,并以此为其极端政策辩护。这种对过去强大帝国的怀旧和对国家复兴的渴望,被红色高棉巧妙地利用,成为其蛊惑人心、煽动民众的重要工具。波尔布特年轻时学习成绩平平,但他喜欢阅读,并积极参与课外活动,展现出其复杂多面的性格特征。

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The chapter describes the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, and the subsequent brutal actions taken by the rebels, including the mass exodus of city residents and the establishment of a new regime.

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Cambodia today is many people’s idea of heaven on earth. But in the 1970s it was a netherworld of death and despair. Under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, in just four years around a quarter of the population perished. Pol Pot was a uniquely anonymous dictator - a man who preferred to operate in the shadows. So who was he? And how did he come to lead such a staggeringly bloody regime?

A Noiser production, written by Dan Smith.

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