Cambodia: Year Zero

by François Ponchaud, Nancy Amphoux (Translator)

An account of the brutal Cambodian communist revolution of 1975 moves from historical background, through civil war and fratricidal atrocities, to the present-day governmental destructions and defamations

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Asia, Politics, War

212 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

François Ponchaud was a French Catholic priest and missionary to Cambodia. He was best known for his documentation of the genocide which occurred under the Khmer Rouge (KR), and for being one of the first people to expose the human rights abuses being carried out at the time.