Mao: The Unknown Story by Jon Halliday and Jung Chang (2006), Paperback, NEW

Description: *** BRAND NEW** First Edition. Illustrated. Shipped via USPS Media Mail. ** PLASE CHECK MY OTHER BOOKS** About this productProduct InformationThe most authoritative life of the Chinese leader every written, Mao: The Unknown Story is 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. 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.Product IdentifiersPublisherKnopfISBN-100679746323ISBN-139780679746324eBay Product ID (ePID)54354051Product Key FeaturesFormatTrade PaperbackPublication Year2006LanguageEnglishDimensionsWeight36.7 OzWidth6.2in.Height1.7in.Length9.2in.IllustratedYesDewey Decimal951.05092 BAge LevelTradeCopyright Date2006AuthorJon Halliday, Jung ChangNumber of Pages864 PagesLc Classification NumberDs778.M3c38 2006Publication Date2006-11-14Reviews"Chang and Halliday cast new and revealing light on nearly every episode in Mao's tumultuous life...a stupendous work and one hopes that it will be brought before the Chinese people, who still claim to venerate the man and who have yet to come to terms with their own history..." -Michael Yahuda, "The Guardian ""Jung Chang and Jon Halliday have not, in the whole of their narrative, a good word to say about Mao. In a normal biography, such an unequivocal denunciation would be both suspect and tedious. But the clear scholarship, and careful notes, of "The Unknown Story "provoke another reaction. Mao Tse-Tung's evil, undoubted and well-documented, is unequalled throughout modern history." -Roy Hattersley, "The Observer ""Ever since the spectacular success of Chang's "Wild Swans "we have waited impatiently for her to complete with her husband this monumental study of China's most notorious modern leader. The expectation has been that she would rewrite modern Chinese history. The wait has been worthwhile and the expectation justified. This is a bombshell of a book." -Chris Patten, last British governor of Hong Kong, in "The Times" "A triumph. It is a mesmerising portrait of tyranny, degeneracy, mass murder and promiscuity, a barrage of revisionist bombshells, and a superb piece of research." -Simon Sebag Montefiore, "The Sunday Times

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