One of the great figures of the twentieth century, Chairman Mao looms irrepressibly over the economic rise of China. Mao Zedong was the leader of a revolution, a counist who lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, an aggressive and...

The definitive portrait of Pol Pot, the enigmatic man behind the most terrifying regime of modern times von Short, Philip

'Magisterial' - Guardian'Outstanding' - Ian KershawVladimir Putin is a pariah to the West.Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He...

"Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare" von Philip Short ist eine detaillierte Biografie, die das Leben und die Herrschaft von Pol Pot, dem berüchtigten Führer der Roten Khmer in Kambodscha, untersucht. Das Buch beleuchtet Pol Pots Aufstieg...