Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang, Jon Halliday

Mao: The Unknown Story

Jung Chang, Jon Halliday

801 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history dark emotional informative slow-paced

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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 Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before -- and with virtually everyone outsid...

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