Mao : a life /
Short, Philip.
Mao : a life / Philip Short. - 1st Owl Books ed. - New York : Owl Books, 2001. - xiii, 782 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
"A John Macrae book/Owl book." Originally published in 1999 in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton; first published in the U.S. in 2000 by Henry Holt and Co
An unsentimental portrait of Mao explores the life of the peasant who rose to the position of "chairman" of China's communist party and absolute ruler of the country, overseeing both brilliant reform and terrible butchery during his long reign.
9780805066388 0805066381
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976.
Heads of state--China--Biography.
China--Politics and government--1949-1976.
951.05092
Mao : a life / Philip Short. - 1st Owl Books ed. - New York : Owl Books, 2001. - xiii, 782 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
"A John Macrae book/Owl book." Originally published in 1999 in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton; first published in the U.S. in 2000 by Henry Holt and Co
An unsentimental portrait of Mao explores the life of the peasant who rose to the position of "chairman" of China's communist party and absolute ruler of the country, overseeing both brilliant reform and terrible butchery during his long reign.
9780805066388 0805066381
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976.
Heads of state--China--Biography.
China--Politics and government--1949-1976.
951.05092