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" Mao : "
Alexander V. Pantsov ; with Steven I. Levine
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BL
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590325
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b419544
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| Uniform Title
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Mao T︠Sz︡ėdun.English
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| Main Entry
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Pantsov, Alexander,1955-
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| Title & Author
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Mao : : the real story /\ Alexander V. Pantsov ; with Steven I. Levine
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| Edition Statement
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1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed
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xix, 755 pages, [16] pages of plates :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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9781451654479
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: 1451654472
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Originally published in Russian: Moskva : Molodaia Gvardiia, 2007, under title Mao Tszedun
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Myths and realities -- The apprentice. The foster child of the Bodhisattva ; On the threshold of a new world ; "I think, therefore, I am" ; The sound of footsteps in a deserted valley ; Dreams of a red chamber ; The Great Union of the Popular Masses ; Breathing world revolution, or, The magic of dictatorship ; "Following the Russian path" ; The lessons of Bolshevik tactics -- The revolutionary. Entering the Guomindang ; Hopes and disappointments ; Playing with Chiang Kai-shek ; The collapse of the United Front ; The path to the Soviets ; Red banner over the Jinggang Mountains ; A single spark can start a prairie fire ; Under the Comintern's wing ; Dog eat dog, Communist-style ; The long march ; The Xi'an Incident ; The flirtatious philosopher ; Consolidating control over the CCP ; Stalin, Mao, and the new democratic revolution in China -- The dictator. Visit to the Red Mecca ; The Korean adventure ; The contradictions of new democracy ; Socialist industrialization ; The Great Turning Point ; The emancipation of consciousness ; The Great Leap Forward ; Famine and fear ; "The dismissal of Hai Rui from office" ; To rebel is justified ; The Red Guard Tragedy ; The mystery of Project 571 ; Death of the Red Emperor -- Appendix 1. Mao Zedong's chronology -- Appendix 2. Mao Zedong's genealogy
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| Abstract
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This major new biography of Mao uses extensive Russian documents previously unavailable to biographers to reveal surprising details about Mao's rise to power and his leadership in China
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Mao, Zedong,1893-1976
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Heads of state-- China, Biography
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China, Politics and government, 1949-1976
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| Dewey Classification
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951.05092B
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DS778.M3P287613 2012
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Levine, Steven I
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