One of the great figures of the twentieth century, Chairman Mao looms irrepressibly over the economic rise of China. Mao Zedong was the leader of a revolution, a communist who lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, an aggressive and distrustful leader, and a man responsible for more civilian deaths than perhaps any other historical figure. Now, four decades after Mao's death, acclaimed biographer Philip Short presents a fully updated and revised edition of his ground-breaking and masterly biography. Vivid, ...
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One of the great figures of the twentieth century, Chairman Mao looms irrepressibly over the economic rise of China. Mao Zedong was the leader of a revolution, a communist who lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, an aggressive and distrustful leader, and a man responsible for more civilian deaths than perhaps any other historical figure. Now, four decades after Mao's death, acclaimed biographer Philip Short presents a fully updated and revised edition of his ground-breaking and masterly biography. Vivid, uncompromising and unflinching, Short presents in one-volume the man behind the propaganda - his family, his beliefs and his horrors. In doing so he shows us both the human being Mao was, and the monster he became.
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This is arguably the best one-volume biography on Mao.
Revised in 2017 , Philip Short has written a very readable book backed up by tremendous research. The endnotes are extensive.
Its a pity Short didn't give us an idea of the sources combed by him or his helpers. We dont even have a bibliography.
From the endnotes, I can see many references to the weekly reports in the North China Herald (" NCH) published in Shanghai , the most influential foreign newspaper of its time. NCH was subsequently renamed the North China Daily News when it became a daily newspaper.
At 819 page this is a hefty tome. But for a life like Mao , any slimmer book will not do him justice. Highly recommended.
