Mao
UK Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
This biography holds the key to a real understanding of Mao’s motivations.
Mao was a colossal figure, great within his century, and in Chinese terms launching a new cycle of history. This book traces his life from peasant upbringing, to the power struggle that followed his death.
Philip Short is the author of acclaimed biographies of Mao Zedong, Pol Pot and François Mitterrand. He was for many...