Mao Zedong (People Who Made History)

The historical verdict is still out on Mao Zedong. Was he a hero who unified China into one nation after a century of chaos? Was he a man who consistently upheld the rights of the poor and downtrodden? Was he a power-mad villain responsible for the deaths of of millions of Chinese? Was he a communist who became an emperor? Or was Mao all of these things? This anthology takes Mao from his humble beginnings as the son of a peasant to his position of ultimate power as the head of the world's most populous nation.C.J. Shane is the author of 'Mao Zedong (People Who Made History)', published 2003 under ISBN 9780737714944 and ISBN 0737714948.