Question

Considering the effects of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, should the United States have continued their invasion of Cambodia? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

Answer 1

The brutal regime, in power from 1975-1979, claimed the lives of up to two million people. Under the Marxist leader Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge tried to take Cambodia back to the Middle Ages, forcing millions of people from the cities to work on communal farms in the countryside