Mao

مائو داستان ناشناخته یک کتاب عظیم تقریبا 1000 صفحه ای در مورد مائو بنیانگذار جمهوری خلق چین و یکی از بزرگترین جنایتکاران قرن بیستم می باشد ، نویسندگان این کتاب هر چه صفت منفی در جهان وجود دارد به مائو نسبت داده اند : از دزدی و راه زنی و تجاوز و زن باره گی و انواع و اقسام دسیسه بازی و جنون و علاقه مف Leggi tutto

I was very much looking forward to this highly touted book, as it's widely considered to be the most thorough and in depth study of Mao ever done. It's true, actually. The amount of detail is pretty incredible. The thing that has been turning me off of this book is that it falls victim a little too m Leggi tutto

This isn't balanced biography. This is more like character assassination. It reminded me of the harsh biographical treatment Albert Goldman gave Elvis Presley some years ago. Whatever detail of Mao's life Chang writes about, the negative aspects are emphasized. The facts of his marriages are glued t Leggi tutto

ماو تسي تونغ سيرة ذاتية كتبتها مؤلفة (بجعات برية) يونغ تشانغ بالتعاون مع زوجها البريطاني جون هوليداي، الشعور الذي سيشعر به القارئ حالما يفرغ من الكتاب هو مزيج من عدم التصديق لكل هذا الشر الذي كان يحتويه ماو، وحجم الكوارث التي تسبب بها للصينيين، وشعور آخر بأن المؤلفة بالغت بشكل ما، وجعلت ماو مدركاً ل Leggi tutto

This is a comprehensive hatchet job on the Western myth of Mao's "making of modern China". It should be read by everyone who grew up in the post-war years, with the recurrent fascination our society had with the internal convulsions of the "People's Republic" and its growing influence on its neighbo Leggi tutto

How do I review a book like this? I don't know, because I have decidedly mixed feelings about Mao myself. Jung Chang wrote the amazing "Wild Swans" biography/autobiography, but her voice there falls far short of the voice here. I'll be honest. It's very, very biased. She presents the work as *factua Leggi tutto

I should clarify my review; I majored in Chinese modern history and did my thesis on historical revisionism and historiography of the Nanjing Massacre (from both Chinese and Japanese perspectives). I loved Chang’s book Wild Swans, but too much of this ‘biography’ is filled with personal invective wi Leggi tutto