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Pol Pot Part 3: Vietnam War, Cambodian Revolution

2022/6/28
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旁白：本集讲述了赤柬革命的背景、经过和波尔布特的崛起。从一次失败的袭击开始，赤柬逐渐壮大，并最终在西哈努克被推翻后掌控了柬埔寨。越南战争和美国对柬埔寨的轰炸加剧了冲突，为赤柬的崛起创造了条件。赤柬的统治充满了暴行和杀戮，给柬埔寨人民带来了巨大的灾难。 Alex Hinton教授：赤柬利用农村民众对高利贷和城市居民的怨恨来争取支持，并通过调整马克思主义理论使其与农村民众的生活产生共鸣。 Chan-Ri-Thi Hiem：越共的袭击给柬埔寨人民带来了恐惧和流离失所，亲身经历了战争的残酷。 Elizabeth Becker：美国对柬埔寨的轰炸加剧了柬埔寨的动荡，为赤柬的崛起创造了条件，但赤柬的暴行是其自身造成的。 Sopo-Ir教授：西哈努克的支持对赤柬的扩张起到了重要作用，他的支持被视为来自神的旨意。

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The Khmer Rouge launch their first attack against Sihanouk's government, which is initially thwarted but later reinterpreted as the symbolic start of their revolution.

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The Khmer Rouge launch their revolution against Sihanouk… until Sihanouk himself is stabbed in the back. America’s action in Vietnam escalates, spilling over the border with catastrophic consequences. The enigmatic Pol Pot will emerge from the bloodshed to become the most powerful man in the land. At the outset of ‘Year Zero’, the true horror will begin...

A Noiser production, written by Dan Smith.

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