Philip Short

Philip Short

Philip Short (born 17 April, 1945) is a journalist and author.

Short was born in Bristol on 17 April, 1945. He studied at Queens' College, Cambridge. After graduation, he spent from 1967 to 1973 as a freelance journalist, first in Malawi, then in Uganda. He then joined the BBC as a foreign correspondent. He worked there for 25 years. He is the author of several books, among them the biographies of Mao," ", and Pol Pot, "".

He presented a TV documentary on Mao Zedong entitled "Mao's Bloody Revolution Revealed" on the UK Terrestrial station Five in May 2007.

References

* Biography, under External Links

External links

* [http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Philip_Short Biography] at his agent's homepage
* [http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=21630 Interview] about Pol Pot


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