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The Private Life of Chairman Mao

Li Zhisui
4.16/5 (2165 ratings)
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From 1954 until Mao Zedong's death 22 years later, Dr Li Zhisui was the Chinese ruler's personal physician, which put him in almost daily-& increasingly intimate-contact with Mao & his inner circle. For most of these years, Mao's health was excellent. Thus he & the doctor had time to discuss political & personal matters. Dr Li recorded many of these conversations in his diaries as well as in memory. In The Private Life of Chairman Mao he reconstructs his experience. The result is a book that will profoundly alter views of Mao & of China under his rule. Dr Li clarifies numerous long-standing puzzles, such as the true nature of Mao's feelings toward the USA & USSR. He describes Mao's deliberate rudeness toward Khrushchev when the Soviet leader paid his secret visit to Beijing in 1958, & how he came to invite the American table tennis team to China, a decision that led to Nixon's historic visit a few months later. We also learn why Mao took the Great Leap Forward, which resulted in the worst famine in recorded history, & his equally strange reason for risking war with the USA by shelling the Taiwanese islands of Quemoy & Matsu. Dr Li supplies portraits of Zhou Enlai & other leaders. He describes Mao's relationship with his wife & gives us insight into the sexual politics of his court. We witness Mao's bizarre death & the strange events following it. Dr Li tells of Mao's remarkable gift for intimacy, as well as of his indifference to the suffering of millions of his fellow Chinese, including old comrades. Readers will find here an account of Mao's personal life & of such details as his sleeping arrangements & drug dependencies.
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0679764437
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9780679764434
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B004JHYRMM

The Private Life of Chairman Mao

Li Zhisui
4.16/5 (2165 ratings)
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From 1954 until Mao Zedong's death 22 years later, Dr Li Zhisui was the Chinese ruler's personal physician, which put him in almost daily-& increasingly intimate-contact with Mao & his inner circle. For most of these years, Mao's health was excellent. Thus he & the doctor had time to discuss political & personal matters. Dr Li recorded many of these conversations in his diaries as well as in memory. In The Private Life of Chairman Mao he reconstructs his experience. The result is a book that will profoundly alter views of Mao & of China under his rule. Dr Li clarifies numerous long-standing puzzles, such as the true nature of Mao's feelings toward the USA & USSR. He describes Mao's deliberate rudeness toward Khrushchev when the Soviet leader paid his secret visit to Beijing in 1958, & how he came to invite the American table tennis team to China, a decision that led to Nixon's historic visit a few months later. We also learn why Mao took the Great Leap Forward, which resulted in the worst famine in recorded history, & his equally strange reason for risking war with the USA by shelling the Taiwanese islands of Quemoy & Matsu. Dr Li supplies portraits of Zhou Enlai & other leaders. He describes Mao's relationship with his wife & gives us insight into the sexual politics of his court. We witness Mao's bizarre death & the strange events following it. Dr Li tells of Mao's remarkable gift for intimacy, as well as of his indifference to the suffering of millions of his fellow Chinese, including old comrades. Readers will find here an account of Mao's personal life & of such details as his sleeping arrangements & drug dependencies.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
2nd Printing, First Printing, First Edition
Language:
ISBN10:
0679764437
ISBN13:
9780679764434
kindle Asin:
B004JHYRMM

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