Modern Asia Part VII: Southeast Asia
Discover essential modern Southeast Asia books, from Philip Short’s definitive Pol Pot biography to cultural classics like The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. Explore curated reads on Asian history, society, and identity in this compelling book list.
Book
Pol Pot
by Philip Short
A portrait of the Cambodian despot whose rule saw the deaths of one-fifth of the country's population documents how Pol Pot's beliefs about moral purity, self-abnegation, and utopian prosperity degenerated into radical egalitarianism.
