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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.
| Published | 06 Dec 2016 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 858 |
| ISBN | 9781784534639 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 4 maps, 47pp bw integrated |
| Dimensions | 216 x 135 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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