Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge, promised an agrarian utopia, but instead brought about the deaths of 1.7 million people in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979.
Cambodia, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge
Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge's brutal regime in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 resulted in the loss of 1.7 million lives.