Mao

The Man Who Made China

Philip Short

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Bloomsbury Academic
06 April 2023

History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Political leaders & leadership; Diplomacy; Economics

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.

By: Philip Short
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: BA REBRAND
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781350376724
ISBN 10: 1350376728
Pages: 864
Publication Date: 06 April 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements List of Maps List of Illustrations Note on Spelling and Pronunciation Chinese Views of Mao: Preface to the New Revised Edition Prologue 1. A Confucian Childhood 2. Revolution 3. Lords of Misrule 4. A Ferment of ‘Isms’ 5. The Comintern Takes Charge 6. Events Leading to the Horse Day Incident and its Bloody Aftermath 7. Out of the Barrel of a Gun 8. Futian: Loss of Innocence 9. Chairman of the Republic 10. In Search of the Grey Dragon: The Long March North 11. Yan’an Interlude: The Philosopher is King 12. Paper Tigers 13. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 14. Musings on Immortality 15. Cataclysm 16. Things Fall Apart Epilogue Afterword Dramatis Personae Notes Index

Philip Short was for thirty years a foreign correspondent for the BBC, based in Washington, Moscow, Paris, Tokyo and Beijing. He lived and worked in China for two decades in the 1970s and 1980s, and has returned regularly to the country ever since. He is the author of acclaimed biographies of Mitterrand (A Study in Ambiguity, Random House, 2013) and Pol Pot (Anatomy of a Nightmare, Henry Holt, 2006).

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The Man Who Made China

Philip Short

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