[Don Joe]

Read Pournelle's "Fallen Angels". He and his publisher have put it online for free. You can read it on their website, or, download it in a variety of formats.

http://www.baen.com/library/jpournelle.htm

[BadAndy]

Pol Pot was the dictator who ruled Cambodia after the US left SE Asia. His troops killed over 1 million people in a Mao-like effort to reshape their society.