Mao The Unknown Story

Based on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Mao’s close circle in China who have never talked before — and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him — this is the most authoritative life of Mao ever written. It is full of startling revelations, exploding the myth of the Long March, and showing a completely unknown Mao: he was not driven by idealism or ideology; his intimate and intricate relationship with Stalin went back to the 1920s, ultimately bringing him to power; he welcomed Japanese occupation of much of China; and he schemed, poisoned and blackmailed to get his way. After Mao conquered China in 1949, his secret goal was to dominate the world. In chasing this dream he caused the deaths of 38 million people in the greatest famine in history. In all, well over 70 million Chinese perished under Mao’s rule — in peacetime. Combining meticulous research with the story-telling style of Wild Swans, this biography offers a...

Author: Chang Jung, Halliday Jon
ISBN: 9780307807137
Year of publication: 2011
Genre: Biographies and Memoirs
Number of pages: 1132
Reading time: 18 h. 52 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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