From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the galleries of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Man Who Stole the Gods: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy is a tale of stolen treasures and the battle to reclaim a nation’s soul.

Join the New America Fellows Program and Future Security Programs, and The Antiquities Coalition for a conversation about The Man Who Stole the Gods in-person and online on June 10.

Amidst the chaos of Cambodia’s brutal genocide, priceless treasures of the ancient Khmer Empire vanished from sacred temples, looted by smugglers and trafficked into the hands of elite collectors. At the center of it all was Douglas Latchford, later known as “Dynamite Doug,” who orchestrated one of history’s most audacious cultural heists while presenting himself as an expert on Khmer art.

In The Man Who Stole the Gods, Matthew Campbell unravels the story of Latchford’s criminal enterprise and a global conspiracy of greed and collusion involving some of the world’s most powerful museums and collectors. 

Copies of The Man Who Stole the Gods are available for purchase online. Books will be on sale at the event. 

Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.

Editorial disclosure: The views expressed in this book and event are solely those of the author and speakers. They do not reflect the views of New America, its staff, fellows, funders, or board of directors.

This event is co-hosted with the Antiquities Coalition