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Death and madness in China
The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History© 2016 Frank Dikotter433 pages In twenty-five years of reading history, I know of no man who has instigated more human suffering and death at a broader scale than Mao Tse-tung, the rebel turned architect … Continue reading
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Tagged China, collective tyranny, Frank Dikotter, Man vs State
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The Tragedy of Liberation
The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 © 2013 Frank Dikotter 400 pages Readers who approach Frank Dikotter’s histories of Maoist China (The Tragedy of Liberation, Mao’s Great Famine, and The Cultural Revolution) should brace themselves … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 Discovery of Asia, Asia, China, collective tyranny, Frank Dikotter, history, Man vs State
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