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Jung chang wrote a beautiful story in wild swans, the biograpy of her own family through the mao era, but this biography she has written of mao zedong is flawed in that she clearly lets her overwhelming hatred for what her family went through keep her from being an objective biographer. The unknown story is available in hardback, paperback, ebook. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The machiavellian politics is what makes the book so entertaining. The unknown story is a 2005 biography of chinese communist leader mao zedong 18931976 written by jung chang and her husband jon halliday. The couple traveled all over the world to research the book, which took 12 years to write. The book portrays mao as a monster equal to or worse than hitler. The author of wild swans and her historian husband, jon halliday, have torn. 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 outside china who had significant dealings with him. Mao the unknown story ebook by jung chang,jon halliday. But readers of jung chang and jon hallidays mao will surely reckon that they. Mao the unknown story download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The book is morose and depressing i gave up at the halfway point.
She left china for britain in 1978 and obtained a ph. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. The book opens with the sentence mao tsetung, who for decades held absolute. Mao yichang 15 october 1870 23 january 1920 was a chinese farmer and grain merchant who achieved notability as the father of mao zedong.
In conducting their research for the book over the course of a decade, the authors interviewed hundreds of people who were close to mao zedong at some point in his life, used recently published memoirs from chinese political figures, and. The unknown story jung chang and jon halliday london. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. The unknown story kindle edition by jung chang, jon. They interviewed hundreds of people who had known mao, including george bush, sr. The unknown story audiobook by jon halliday, jung chang. Chang s 2005 work, a biography of mao, was coauthored with her husband jon halliday and portrays mao in an extremely negative light. The most authoritative life of mao ever written, by the bestselling author of wild swans, jung chang and her husband, historian jon halliday. The unknown story is a 2005 biography of chinese communist leader mao zedong. It is full of startling revelations, exploding the myth of the long march, and. It is full of startling revelations, exploding the myth of the long march, and showing a completely. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. The unknown story with jon halliday, which was described by time as an atom bomb of a book. The unknown story kindle edition by chang, jung, halliday, jon.
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