Red Star Over China: The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism by Edgar Snow, John King Fairbank

Red Star Over China: The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism

Edgar Snow, John King Fairbank

544 pages first pub 1937 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced

Description

The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorized account of Mao’s life, as well as a history of the famous Long March and the men and women who were responsible for ...

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informative 100%
adventurous 66%
hopeful 66%
inspiring 66%
emotional 33%
funny 33%
reflective 33%
sad 33%

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medium 33%
fast 33%

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