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, e...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Anchor Books,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st Anchor books ed. |
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| Online Access: | Sample text Table of contents Connect to table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | 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 intricate relationship with Stalin went back to the 1920s, ultimately bringing him to power; he welcomed the Japanese occupation; and he schemed, poisoned and blackmailed to get his way. After he conquered China in 1949, his secret goal was to dominate the world. 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. --p. [4] of cover. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, London, in 2005, and in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf ... New York, in 2005"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 801 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 725-776) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0679746323 9780679746324 9781442099548 1442099542 |