Escape from Cambodia

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

As a young man, Sichan Siv made a harrowing escape from Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge. Hear how he went on to become the U.S. ambassador the United Nations, and what it was like for him when he eventually returned to the Cambodian killing fields. His new book about his journey is Golden Bones.

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