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Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

BiographyPolitics
Pages
237
Published
2002
Language
French

Synopsis

A concise, authoritative biography of Mao Zedong tracing his rise from a peasant background through the Chinese Revolution to the founding and leadership of the People's Republic of China. Spence covers Mao's early intellectual life, his role in the Long March, the establishment of the CCP, and the sweeping campaigns of the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkThought-Provoking

Genres

Biography Politics History Politics & Society

Authors

J
Jonathan D. Spence

Jonathan Dermot Spence is an English-born American historian, sinologist, and writer specialising in Chinese history. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University from 1993 to 2008. His most widely read book is The Search for Modern China, a survey of the last several hundred years of Chinese history based on his popular course at Yale. A prolific author, reviewer, and essayist, he has published more than a dozen books on China. He retired from Yale in 2008. Source: https://en.wik...