Was Mao Really a Monster?

Informationen zum Autor Gregor Benton is Professor of Chinese History at Cardiff University. His book Mountain Fires: The Red Army's Three-Year War in South China, 1934-1938 won several awards, including the Association of Asian Studies' best book on modern China. Recent work includes Chinese Migrants and Internationalism: Forgotten Histories, 1917-1945 ; Mao Zedong and the Chinese Revolution (also published by Routledge) Lin Chun is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics, UK. She is the author of a number of books, of which the most recent is The Transformation of Chinese Socialism . Klappentext Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday was published in 2005 to great fanfare. This book demonstrates that their portrayal of Maobook is selective and inaccurate, and that although Mao did have many faults and was responsible for some disastrous policies, a much more balanced picture is needed. Zusammenfassung Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday was published in 2005 to great fanfare. This book demonstrates that their portrayal of Maobook is selective and inaccurate, and that although Mao did have many faults and was responsible for some disastrous policies, a much more balanced picture is needed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Reviews in Non-Specialist Academic Publications 1. Dark Tales of Mao the Merciless 2. Jade and Plastic 3. Portrait of a Monster Part 2: Reviews in the China Journal 4. The Portrayal of Opportunism, Betrayal, and Manipulation in Mao's Rise to Power 5. The New Number One Counter-Revolutionary inside the Party: Academic Biography as Mass Criticism 6. Pitfalls of Charisma 7. "I'm So Ronree" Part 3: Reviews in Other Specialist Academic Journals 8. Mao and The Da Vinci Code: Conspiracy, Narrative and History 9. Mao: A Super Monster? Part 4: Chinese Reviews 10. Mao: The Unknown Story, A Review 11. Mao: The Unknown Story: An Intellectual Scandal 12. A Critique of Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, Mao: The Unknown Story Part 5: Other reviews 13. Mao Lives 14. From Wild Swans to Mao: The Unknown Story ...

Autorentext
Gregor Benton is Professor of Chinese History at Cardiff University. His book Mountain Fires: The Red Army's Three-Year War in South China, 1934-1938 won several awards, including the Association of Asian Studies' best book on modern China. Recent work includes Chinese Migrants and Internationalism: Forgotten Histories, 1917-1945; Mao Zedong and the Chinese Revolution (also published by Routledge) Lin Chun is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics, UK. She is the author of a number of books, of which the most recent is The Transformation of Chinese Socialism.

Klappentext
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday was published in 2005 to great fanfare. This book demonstrates that their portrayal of Maobook is selective and inaccurate, and that although Mao did have many faults and was responsible for some disastrous policies, a much more balanced picture is needed.

Zusammenfassung
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday was published in 2005 to great fanfare. This book demonstrates that their portrayal of Maobook is selective and inaccurate, and that although Mao did have many faults and was responsible for some disastrous policies, a much more balanced picture is needed.

Inhalt
Introduction Part 1: Reviews in Non-Specialist Academic Publications 1. Dark Tales of Mao the Merciless 2. Jade and Plastic 3. Portrait of a Monster Part 2: Reviews in the China Journal 4. The Portrayal of Opportunism, Betrayal, and Manipulation in Mao's Rise to Power 5. The New Number One Counter-Revolutionary inside the Party: Academic Biography as Mass Criticism 6. Pitfalls of Charisma 7. "I'm So Ronree" Part 3: Reviews in Other Specialist Academic Journals 8. Mao and The Da Vinci Code: Conspiracy, Narrative and History 9. Mao: A Super Monster? Part 4: Chinese Reviews 10. Mao: The Unknown Story, A Review 11. Mao: The Unknown Story: An Intellectual Scandal 12. A Critique of Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, Mao: The Unknown Story Part 5: Other reviews 13. Mao Lives 14. From Wild Swans to Mao: The Unknown Story

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