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082	0		_a92 MAO
100	1		_aChang, Jung _d, 1952-
245	1	0	_aMao _b: the unknown story _c/ Jung Chang, Jon Halliday
260			_aNew York _b: Alfred A. Knopf _c, c2005.
300			_avii, 814 p., [32] p. of plates _b: ill., maps _c; 25 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2005.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [739]-790) and index.
520			_aBased on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before-and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him-this is the most authoritative life of Mao ever written. It is full of startling revelations, exploding the myth of the Long March, and showing a completely unknown Mao: he was not driven by idealism or ideology; his intimate and intricate relationship with Stalin went back to the 1920s, ultimately bringing him to power; he welcomed Japanese occupation of much of China; and he schemed, poisoned and blackmailed to get his way. After Mao conquered China in 1949, his secret goal was to dominate the world. In chasing this dream he caused the deaths of 38 million people in the greatest famine in history. In all, well over 70 million Chinese perished under Mao's rule-in peacetime. Combining meticulous research with the story-telling style ofWild Swans, this biography offers a harrowing portrait of Mao's ruthless accumulation of power through the exercise of terror: his first victims were the peasants, then the intellectuals and, finally, the inner circle of his own advisors. The reader enters the shadowy chambers of Mao's court and eavesdrops on the drama in its hidden recesses. Mao's character and the enormity of his behavior toward his wives, mistresses and children are unveiled for the first time. This is an entirely fresh look at Mao in both content and approach. It will astonish historians and the general reader alike.
600	1	4	_aMao, Zedong _d, 1893-1976
650		4	_aHeads of state _z-China _v--Biography
700	1		_aHalliday, Jon
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