This slim 205-page book published in 1999 of Mao by Jonathan Spence is a very concise biography. It merely scratches the surface of a leader…
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Gandhi
Hartal is a word unknown to western dictionaries. It is not defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary app, for example. Hartal, as used in English now,…
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The New Emperors: Mao and Deng – A Dual Biography
This is arguably the best biography of Mao and Deng. The author has gone into granular details which gives wonderful perspectives on them. Besides this,…
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The New Emperors: Mao & Deng; a Dual Biography
This is a stunningly detailed dual biography of Mao and Deng. The late Salisbury is a reporter who wrote many books on Russia and China.…
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In movie: Churchill
These are the 4 most recent movies on Churchill. In time order of events portrayed, the movies are: 1) The Gathering Storm (BBC-HBO, 2002). The…
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The three giants of Modern China
Mao, Zhou and Deng are the three giants of Chinese modern history. Mao is the oldest born in 1893 in Shaoshan, Hunan. Zhou in 1898…
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