Article published on April 18, 1998 details the life of Pol Pot (Saloth Sar) and the rise to power of his Khmer Rouge Regime.

Listen to a RealAudio version of this history special about the continuing unrest in Cambodia. Includes discussions and news reports.

Paul Treanor's article discusses Cambodia's regime in terms of political idealism and liberalism. Leave a reaction message on the board.

Provides a profile of Pol Pot, the pseudonym of the communist Cambodian guerrilla commander Saloth Sar, who organized the Khmer Rouge in 1963.

Washington Post supplies a time-line of the major political events in the former Khmer Rouge leader's life.