Successful leaders often share multiple similarities in the choices they make with their power; however‚ there also tend to be numerous differences between the executions of their respective rules. Though Communist leader Pol Pot and German nationalist Adolf Hitler can be compared in several ways‚ there are also myriad differences between their ascendancies. The social dispositions and executions of Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot‚ although similar in several ways‚ also differed for numerous reasons during
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Pol Pot insane with power Pol Pot‚ the leader of the Red Khmer‚ ruled Cambodia from 1975 until 1979 and during that time he killed 1.7 million of his brothers and sisters by starvation‚ overwork and executions (CGP). Pol Pot wanted his idea of an utopia in Cambodia and he forced his ideas on his whole country and people. When I first heard about Pol Pot in high school‚ I could not believe that anybody would do this to their own people and country and wondered why Pol Pot would do this to his people
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would we be?" (Orwell page 50). These examples prove Napoleon‚ ruler of Animal Farm‚ and Pol Pot‚ ruler of Cambodia‚ are indeed similar. Pol Pot was Dictator of Cambodia and head of the Khmer Rogue from 1975-1979. The Khmer Rogue was a communist party within Cambodia. The Rogue first initiated a coup d’ētat in 1970‚ which sparked a civil war which lasted 5 years
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Pol Pot (Saloth Sar) was an infamous war criminal and the leader of the Cambodian communist movement called the Khmer Rouge. He was also the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975-1979. Pol Pot’s totalitarian regime brought severe hardships on Cambodia‚ killing at least 1.5- 3 million people. This is at least one-fifth of the Cambodian population. Pol Pot brought a reign of horror with devastating effects to the people of Cambodia as a ruthless dictator for 4 years. The Khmer Rouge and
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Pol Pot in Cambodia. This all started in 1925‚ when Pol Pot was born. He joined the underground communist movement in 1953. In 1962 he became leader of the communist party and was forced to flee into the jungle‚ in that same jungle he began building his own military resistance and began waging guerrilla war against the government. From 1969 until 1973 Pot watched as 150‚000 Cambodian peasants were slain from U.S bombs. In 1975 when they U.S left Vietnam. Cambodia’s government was in shambles it
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Pol Pot‚ the leader of the communist party known as the Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. He aimed to convert Cambodia into his vision of a communist agrarian society. However‚ in doing so he administered the deaths of more than two million Cambodians and under his rule Cambodians suffered harsh realities. Towards the end of his four years in power he left the country in turmoil as the economy was destroyed and the country regressed to an impoverished state as Pol Pot hindered any progress
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Pol Pot‚ leader of the radical Khmer Rouge in Cambodia stands as one of the most savage mass murderers in the history of the world. In an attempt to create a utopian agrarian society‚ Pol Pot eliminated all opponents to his totalitarian regime. Up to 2‚000‚000 Cambodians lost their lives to this cleansing‚ the equivalent of more than twenty-five percent of the entire population. The world looks on in horror at the aftermath of this destruction. Pol Pot‚ or Saloth Sar‚ was born on May 19‚ 1925‚ in
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The policies pursued by Pol Pot were done in order to maintain ideological purity‚ absolute control‚ and party security. So‚ did philosophers like Fanon and Marx have an undermining influence on the morals of elitists in the political realm? In response to the extreme process of purification from anything “other”‚ Fanon stated that‚ “violence is a cleansing force. It frees the native from his inferiority complex and from his despair and inaction; it makes him fearless and restores his self-respect”
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Adolf Hitler “The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again” –George Santayana Adolf Hitler is known for having the greatest impact on Europe in all of history‚ especially Germany. Although the majority of people look down on him for his mass murder of about 6 million Jews in a short time period‚ his story of influence on a whole country is incredible. He started out as a boy from a little town in Austria with nothing more than a paintbrush and a dream; a dream to become
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totalitarian leaders‚ Pol Pot is known for his communist reign over Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. His regime‚ supported by several countries‚ resulted in a complete change within the country’s society. Under his rule‚ millions of people died in what Pol Pot considered to be a sacrifice for a new society (TIME‚ 1999). Pol Pot was born Kompong Thong‚ Cambodia‚ in May of 1925. Due to heavy French influence in the country at this time‚ French was incorporated into Pol Pot’s education. In 1949‚ Pol Pot began college
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