The name Pol Pot or ប៉ុលពត

It was along the Laos border that we all took aliases. We all had used aliases by now. Mine was Pol. The name was taken from a group of aborigine type people captured and enslaved by the Ancient Khmer Kings. I hated kings, so naming myself after the kings slaves made was a great irony. My main enemy in life had always been the monarchy in Phnom Penh, which was dominated by Sihanouk.

We all wore the same clothes as the poor, sandles made of tires, plain black clothes and a Krama, red checkered for our army and our cadre. We decided that all members of our party would not drink beer or smoke the store bought cigarettes from the city. We could drink Palm wine and roll our own cigarettes which was all that was the poorest peasants had to drink and smoke. We would also eat the same food as them. We would not live better than the poorest of the peasants.

As time went on I continued to use my alias. It stuck and I was rarely referred to as Sâr any longer. I eventually added Pot to the name, which came from an old Khmer tradition of people without a second name simply taking a one syllable name that sounded similar to the first name, for example, someone named Vet might add V at. It is that name that I became known throughout the world as Pol Pot or as they say in Khmer, ប៉ុលពត.

Coming soon The Pol Pot Journals

I have been working on a book about Pol's life, which will be called The Pol Pot Journals. I've been working on this for some time, but I now feel I can find a publisher and get the book on the shelves as soon as I finish it. It will take a few months, but be prepared for The Pol Pot Journals.
This book will give you the true scoop on how he devised one of the most egalitarian societies on the earth. he made some serious mistakes, he made a lot of enemies among the people and killed many unnecessarily, but in the long run, he will go down in history as a very influencial man.
This will not be about Kampuchea, but Pol Pot, as a character study.