Mao : the real story
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- ISBN: 9781451654486 (softcover)
- ISBN: 1451654480 (softcover)
- ISBN: 9781451654479 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1451654472 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781451654493 (ebook)
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Physical Description:
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xix, 755 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Edition: First Simon & Schuster paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2013.
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in a different version in 2007 in Russian by Molodaia Gvardiia as Mao Tzėdun"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 675-713) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Cast of characters -- Note on the spelling of Chinese words-- Introduction: Myths and realities -- Pt. 1. The apprentice : The foster child of the bodhisattva ; On the threshold of a new world ; "I think, therefore, I am" ; The sound of footsteps in a deserted valley ; Dreams of a red chamber ; The great union of the popular masses ; Breathing world revolution, or the magic of dictatorship ; "Following the Russian path" ; The lessons of Bolshevik tactics --Pt. 2. The revolutionary : Entering the Guomindang ; Hopes and disappointments ; Playing with Chiang Kai-shek ; The collapse of the united front ; The path to the Soviets ; Red banner over the Jinggang Mountains ; A single spark can start a prairie fire ; Under the Comintern's wing ; Dog eat dog, Communist-style ; The Long March ; The Xi'an Incident ; The flirtatious philosopher ; Consolidating control over the CCP ; Stalin, Mao, and the New Democratic revolution in China -- Pt. 3. The dictator : Visit to the Red Mecca ; The Korean adventure ; The contradictions of New Democracy ; Socialist industrialization ; The great turning point ; The emancipation of consciousness ; The Great Leap Forward ; Famine and fear ; "The Dismissal of Hai Rui from Office" ; To rebel is justified ; The Red Guard tragedy ; The mystery of Project 571 ; Death of the red emperor ; Epilogue -- Appendix: Mao Zedong's chronology -- Appendix: Mao Zedong's genealogy. |
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Subject: | Mao, Zedong 1893-1976 Heads of state China Biography China Politics and government 1949-1976 |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | DS 778 .M3 P368 2013 | 30775305475494 | General Collection | Available | - |