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Book Condition: Used Fine
Jacket condition: Fine
ISBN: 0679400354 / 9780679400356
Seller: Gilt Edge Books

Canada
About Item: New York: Random House, 1994. Translated by Tai Hung-Chao with editorial assistance of Anne F. Thurston. She is a distinguished scholar of recent Chinese history and culture. Foreword by Professor Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University. He believes this book to be "The most revealing book ever published on Mao, perhaps on any dictator in history." The contents: Foreword - Preface - Map of China - Map of Zhongnanhai - Organization of the Chinese Communist Party in the Mid-1950's - Organization of the General Office in the 1950's - (1) The Death of Mao - (2) 1949 - 1957 - (3) 1957 - 1965 - (4) 1965 - 1976 - (5) The Aftermath - Notes - Chronology - Biographical Sketches - Index. 92 chapters provided. A section of photographs present. Rather than a biography the author is instead recording what he saw and heard during the twenty-two years as Mao's personal physician. An interesting read! Price-intact dust jacket. The condition of this book promises to please.. First Edition, First… Read More
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