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  • The Gate by Francois Bizot. French anthropologist working in Cambodia at the time the Khmer Rouge came to power:
    > In 1971, on a routine outing through the Cambodian countryside, the young French ethnologist Francois Bizot is captured by the Khmer Rouge. Accused of being an agent of 'American imperialism', he is chained and imprisoned. His captor, Douch - later responsible for tens of thousands of deaths - interrogates him at length; after three months of torturous deliberation, during which his every word was weighed and his life hung in the balance, he was released. Four years later, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh. Francois Bizot became the official intermediary between the ruthless conqueror and the terrified refugees behind the gate of the French embassy: a ringside seat to one of history's most appalling genocides. Written thirty years later, Francois Bizot's memoir of his horrific experiences in the 'killing fields' of Cambodia is, in the words of John le Carre, a 'contemporary classic'.

  • The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro. Four volumes, with one more to follow. Both a brilliant biography of a fascinating character, but also a great study of a turbulent part of American history and more generally of the nature of political power.

  • A Fish In The Water by Mario Vargas Llosa. Biography of great Peruvian author - alternates chapters between his growing up and becoming a novelist, his first love etc, alongside a narrative of his campaign for the presidency. His politics are quite different to mine, so I preferred the life story parts! If you like that, maybe try his novel Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, which is a fictionalised account of his own story.

  • Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures). Three friends who end up working for the UN in various conflict zones and humanitarian disasters around the world. It's a great mix of stories about their (mis)adventures alongside thought provoking stuff about peacekeeping, aid and getting involved in conflicts. Well worth a look.