Mao Zedong /

This intimate portrait of Mao Zedong, one of the most formidable and elusive rulers in modern history, introduces the essential background about the Chinese leader, including his relations with family, friends, and confidential assistants, as well as his youthful writings, poems, letters, and drafts...

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Main Author: Spence, Jonathan D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2006.
Series:Penguin lives series
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Child of Hunan
  • Self-strengthening
  • Casting around
  • Into the party
  • Workers and peasants
  • Long retreat
  • Crafting the image
  • Taking over
  • Ultimate vision
  • Bleak harvest
  • Fanning the flames
  • Embers
  • Notes.