Mao Zedong by Jonathan Spence
A compact, readable biography that traces Mao’s rise from rural origins to the pinnacle of Communist power, examining his strategic skill, political ruthlessness, and complex personality. It places key episodes—the Long March, the founding of the People’s Republic, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution—within the wider social and cultural transformations of 20th-century China, and explains how his leadership and mass mobilization produced both revolutionary success and devastating policies that reshaped the nation.
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- 1999
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- British
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