Mao. The Unknown Story.
by CHANG JUNG AND JON HALLIDAY
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
New York.: Knopf.. 2005.. Maps, black and white photographic plates, vii + 814pp, notes, bibliographies, index, dustjacket trifle shelf worn, a very good hardback copy. "...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..." Publisher's description. .
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- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 166739
- Title
- Mao. The Unknown Story.
- Author
- CHANG JUNG AND JON HALLIDAY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Knopf.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 2005.
- Keywords
- Biography, China, Communism, Communist China, East Asia, History, Mao, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books
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