Philip Short is a British journalist and author specializing in biographies of historical dictators, he studied at Cambridge University, he worked as a journalist for the BBC for 25 years as a foreign correspondent(1972-97), a job that allowed him to travel widely and experience wildly different cultures, it would prove a great learning experience that still benefits him as an author.
After his work for the BBC, he taught journalism in the University of Iowa, in the US. He now resides in Provence, USA, with his wife and son.
Books in order of publication:
- Banda (1974).
- The Dragon and the Bear: Inside China and Russia Today (1982).
- Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare (2006).
- A Taste for Intrigue: The Multiple Lives of François Mitterrand (2014).
- Mao: The Man Who Made China in New Edition (2017).
- Putin (2022).
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