The story of Pol Pot and the insanity the Khmer Rouge unleashed on the Cambodian people in the “Killing Fields” genocide of 1975-1979 is not a pleasant one. As part of a study of modern history, however, it is necessary for students to be exposed to historical events such as this and evil men like Pol Pot in the hope that we all learn and never repeat this horror elsewhere. This is an informational text and biography of Pol Pot as well as a look at his life and the troubled country of Cambodia d