Mao: a life

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An unsentimental portrait of Mao explores the life of the peasant who rose to the position of "chairman" of China's communist party and absolute ruler of the country, overseeing both brilliant reform and terrible butchery during his long reign.

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Title Statements

Full title :Mao : a life / Philip Short.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2000.
Edition:1st American ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Henry Holt
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2000.

Notes

"A John Macrae book."

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 782 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0805031154, 9780805031157, 0805066381, 9780805066388
oclc:ocm41977376
LC Classification:DS778.M3
Dewey Decimal:B

Prologue -- A Confucian childhood -- Revolution -- Lords of misrule -- A ferment of 'isms' -- The comintern takes charge -- Events leading to the Horse Day incident and its bloody aftermath -- Out of the barrel of a gun -- Futian: loss of innocence -- Chairman of the republic -- In search of the grey dragon: the long march north -- Yan'an interlude: the philosopher is king -- Paper tigers -- The sorcerer's apprentice -- Musings on immortality -- Cataclysm -- Things fall apart -- Epilogue.