“Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare” on Book TV

The backpacker trail in Southeast Asia runs right through Cambodia’s Killing Fields. An entire economy has sprung up around the macabre sights. It won’t get the ratings of the Live 8 benefit concert, but on C-SPAN2’s Book TV Saturday, author Philip Short discusses his new book, Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare. William T. Vollman wrote that the book is “of exceptional interest” in the New York Times Book Review.

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