| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 782 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"A John Macrae book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes biliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- A Confucian childhood -- Lords of misrule -- A ferment of 'isms' -- The comintern takes charge -- Events leading to the Horse Day incident and its bloody aftermath -- Out of the barrel of a gun -- Futian: loss of innocence -- Chairman of the republic -- In search of the grey dragon: the long march north -- Yan'an interlude: the philosopher is king -- Paper tigers -- The sorcerer's apprentice -- Musings on immortality -- Cataclysm -- Things fall apart -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976.
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Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976. |
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Heads of state -- China -- Biography.
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Heads of state. |
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China. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0805031154 alkaline paper |
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