Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-04-30
Books mentioned on Part Two: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country
Robert continues the story with young Pol Pot's years in France where he and his friends radicalize themselves in what has to have been the deadliest book club of all time. See omnystudio.
Robert Evans discussed Brother Number One by David P Chandler and The Essential Stalin by Joseph Stalin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Brother Number One
Brother Number One by David P Chandler is a comprehensive biographical work detailing the life and rise of the Cambodian dictator Pol Pot.
Discussed“In his book on Pulpot, brother number one, Chandler writes, "Recollections about Salathsar's behavior at the meetings are contradictory."”
Where to get it
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The Essential Stalin
The Essential Stalin by Joseph Stalin is a compilation of critical political writings and historical texts detailing Marxist-Leninist ideology and the governance of the Soviet Union.
Discussed“Sar did start reading a lot of Stalin around this time and that's because he in his circle there's a lot of Stalin going around particularly there's a a history of the Communist Party in Russia that Stalin wrote, right? And this is it's a Stalin book, right?”
Where to get it
