Synopsis
This comprehensive work covers Mao Zedong's life and career from his childhood in the 1890s to his death in 1976. The story of Mao, revolutionary leader and statesman, embraces much of the political history of China in the twentieth century. This broad field is subdivided and cross referenced to provide a guide to virtually every book and article written on Mao and available in English. Extensive selections deal with Mao's own writings and the Cultural Revolution.
Notable features are the detailed biography, the chronology, the more than one thousand bibliographical references, and the author and subject indexes. This guide to the many faceted world leader, the ideologist, the guerilla fighter and strategist, the poet, the educationalist, the cult figure, and the myth provide a breadth of coverage not available elsewhere. This book is essential for students and scholars of modern China and for those concerned with twentieth-century world history, Asian politics, and international relations.