Mao: The Unknown Story

The most authoritative life of the Chinese leader every written Mao The Unknown Story is based on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Maorsquos close circle in China who have never talked before mdash and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him 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 s 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 his secret goal was to dominate the world In chasing this dream he caused the deaths of million people in the greatest famine in history In all well over million Chinese perished under Maorsquos rule mdash in peacetime.