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Mao

by Shaun Breslin · 1998

Profiles in Power series

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A lucid analysis of Mao as revolutionary general, ideologist and astute political manipulator, this introduction to the life and career of Mao Zedong provides an excellent introduction to modern Chinese history and its enigmatic protagonist.

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisChinaChinaMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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