17 April 1975. The date sends a chill down the spine of most Cambodians. It was the start of a nightmare that was to continue for almost four years at the hands of the brutal Khmer Rouge. Photographer Roland Neveu was one of the few foreigners who stayed behind when most of the press corps left the country as part of US evacuation operation Eagle Pull. The few 35-mm films which he shot that day are some of the only remaining images of that time. He was lucky enough to be able to take them out of the country after his forced sojourn in the French Embassy compound. This new version of the book takes you to Phnom Penh on that fateful day. This new edition has been revised is a unique eyewitness account of the most tragic day in the history of Cambodia. Photographer Roland Neveu is one of a handful reporters who live through that unbelievable day. The book has a 9,000-word text by the author and new pictures were added, it was published for the 40th anniversary of the fall.
