Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962 by Frank Dikötter

Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962

People's Trilogy #1

Frank Dikötter

420 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative tense slow-paced
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An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine that recasts the era of Mao Zedong and the history of the People's Republic of China."Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy wit...

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tense: 14%


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