Mao
Author(s): Philip Short
A reissue of the best-selling biography of Chairman Mao Zedong. In this complete biography, Philip Short gives us an accessible portrait of the man who transformed China and changed the world. Mao Zedong was a defining figure of the twentieth century. Military strategist, statesman, fiendishly clever politician, philosopher and poet, no man has so profoundly influenced the fate of China
General Information
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- : murray
- : murray
- : 0.558
- : 11 October 2004
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Philip Short
- : Paperback
- : 800
More About The Product
'An impressive and important biography' -- Independent 'Philip Short's excellent Mao: A Life deserves to be the standard history. It is everything one could hope for: magisterial, beautifully written, excellently printed, and rich in material' -- Sunday Telegraph 'A complete and colourful account ! fully rewarding' -- The Economist 'A ground-breaking biography' -- Sunday Times 'Epic stories from a personal and global perspective' -- Financial Times
For thirty years Philip Short was a foreign correspondent for the BBC, based in Washington, Moscow, Paris, Tokyo and Beijing. He lived and worked in China in the 1970s and '80s, and has returned regularly to the country ever since.
