millions to satisfy his
             thirst of a perfect Cambodian race. He forced his way into power with eight
             long gruesome years of guerrilla warfare against the current established
             Cambodian government. However, Pol Pot's lust for power soon came to an
             end as he became a victim of his own trade. This evil, sadistic reign of terror
             by the Khmer Rouge lasted four long and harsh years 1975-1979 when Pol
             "Pol Pot was born May 19, 1925 Saloth Sar in Kompong Thom
             Province"(Encarta). The son of a landowning farmer, Sar grew up very poor.
             Around the time Pol Pot was born, Cambodia was controlled in an odd manor
             it was controlled by the French, but there was a Cambodian family who was
             in power. The Cambodians in power was related through marriage to Pol
             Pot's family. His cousin was one of King Monivongs many wives and his
             sister was a consort for the king. Saloth Sar was not a good student so at age
             5 or 6 he was sent to live with an older brother in Phnom Penh, where he was
             educated. His brother Loth Suong made a life long career out of serving in
             the palace as a just general servant and did nothing really too important. Pol
             Pot, as well as many other Cambodian children of the time period, led a very
             strict and disciplined childhood. He was strictly taught to exhibit very good
             manners towards his elders and peers. "A mediocre student, he failed the
             entrance examinations for high school and so instead studied carpentry for a
             year at a technical school in Phnom Penh"(Encyclopedia.com). "He may have
             been active in the anti-French resistance under Ho Chi Minh in the
             1940s"(Becker). He then spent a year in a royal monastery followed by six
             years in an prestigious Catholic school. "In 1949, Sar won a scholarship to
             go and study electricity at a college in Paris, France"(Chandler). "During the
             time he was in Paris studying, he joined the French C...