China Under Mao: A Revolution Derailed (USED)

Description: Product Description : China Under Mao: A Revolution Derailed Chinas Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long period of guerrilla insurgency followed by fullscale war but the Chinese revolution was just beginning China Under Mao narrates the rise and fall of the Maoist revolutionary state from 1949 to 1976an epoch of startling accomplishments and disastrous failures steered by many forces but dominated above all by Mao ZedongWalder convincingly shows that the effect of Maoist inequalities still distorts China todayIt will be a mindopening book for many and is a depressing reminder for othersJonathan Mirsky The SpectatorAndrew Walders account of Maos time in power is detailed sophisticated and powerfulWalder takes on many pieces of conventional wisdom about Maos China and pulls them apartWhat was it that led so much of Chinas population to follow Maos orders in effect to launch a civil war against his own party There is still much more to understand about the bond between Mao and the wider population As we try to understand that bond there will be few better guides than Andrew Walders book Sober measured meticulous in every deadly detail it is an essential assessment of one of the worlds most important revolutionsRana Mitter Times Literary Supplement( it is an used product )

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