The Private Life of Chairman Mao
By Unknown Author.
Description
“The most revealing book ever published on Mao, perhaps on any dictator in history.”—Professor Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia UniversityFrom 1954 until Mao Zedong's death twenty-two years later, Dr. Li Zhisui was the Chinese ruler's personal physician, which put him in daily—and increasingly intimate—contact with Mao and his inner circle. in The Private Life of Chairman Mao, Dr. Li vividly reconstructs his extraordinary experience at the center of Mao's decadent imperial court.Dr. Li clarifies numerous long-standing puzzles, such as the true nature o...
ISBN(s)
0679764437, 9780679764434
