عنوان

Mao :

(Number (ISBN

1451654472

(Number (ISBN

9781451654479

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b419544

Title Proper

Mao :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the real story /

First Statement of Responsibility

Alexander V. Pantsov ; with Steven I. Levine

Edition Statement

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xix, 755 pages, [16] pages of plates :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

Originally published in Russian: Moskva : Molodaia Gvardiia, 2007, under title Mao Tszedun

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Myths and realities -- The apprentice. The foster child of the Bodhisattva ; On the threshold of a new world ; "I think, therefore, I am" ; The sound of footsteps in a deserted valley ; Dreams of a red chamber ; The Great Union of the Popular Masses ; Breathing world revolution, or, The magic of dictatorship ; "Following the Russian path" ; The lessons of Bolshevik tactics -- The revolutionary. Entering the Guomindang ; Hopes and disappointments ; Playing with Chiang Kai-shek ; The collapse of the United Front ; The path to the Soviets ; Red banner over the Jinggang Mountains ; A single spark can start a prairie fire ; Under the Comintern's wing ; Dog eat dog, Communist-style ; The long march ; The Xi'an Incident ; The flirtatious philosopher ; Consolidating control over the CCP ; Stalin, Mao, and the new democratic revolution in China -- The dictator. Visit to the Red Mecca ; The Korean adventure ; The contradictions of new democracy ; Socialist industrialization ; The Great Turning Point ; The emancipation of consciousness ; The Great Leap Forward ; Famine and fear ; "The dismissal of Hai Rui from office" ; To rebel is justified ; The Red Guard Tragedy ; The mystery of Project 571 ; Death of the Red Emperor -- Appendix 1. Mao Zedong's chronology -- Appendix 2. Mao Zedong's genealogy

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Text of Note

This major new biography of Mao uses extensive Russian documents previously unavailable to biographers to reveal surprising details about Mao's rise to power and his leadership in China

General Material Designation

Mao T︠Sz︡ėdun.

Language (when part of a heading)

English

Mao, Zedong,1893-1976

Heads of state-- China, Biography

China, Politics and government, 1949-1976

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Pantsov, Alexander,1955-

Levine, Steven I

Date of Transaction

20121107095336.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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