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The tragedy of liberation
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Frank Dikötter |
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"The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as a 'liberation.' In China the story of liberation and the revolution that followed is not one of peace, liberty, and jus… |
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China under Mao
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Andrew G. Walder |
China's Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long period of guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war, but the Chinese revolution was just beginning. China Under Mao narrates the rise a… |
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Red Star Over China
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Edgar Snow |
The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorized account of Mao?s life, as well as a history of the famous Long March… |
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The Party
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Richard McGregor |
An eye-opening investigation into China's Communist Party and its integral role in the country's rise as a global superpower and rival of the United States. |
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