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The Private Life of Chairman Mao

By (author): Zhisui Li
Published by: Arrow Books Ltd
Publication date: 04/Apr/1996
Format: Paperback - 688 pages
Product dimensions (mm): 198 x 132
ISBN-10: 0099648814
ISBN-13: 9780099648819
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> Biography: Historical, Political & Military

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For 22 years, Dr Zhisui Li was Mao Tse-tung's personal physician, confidant and companion. He saw Mao and his country through the years of "the Great Leap Forward" and the Cultural Revolution. In this book Li reveals details of Mao's relations with Krushchev and other Soviet leaders, and the growing paranoia that led Mao to turn against the Chinese Communist Party's ruling clique. The book also includes details of Mao's private life - his sexual appetite, the luxury and corruption of his imperial court, how he dominated his circle of intimates, his gradual physical disintegration, and the political effects of his aims, fears and idiosyncrasies.

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I See Dr. Li As The Tacitus Of Modern China' Hugh Trevor-Roper For The First TimeHere Is The Extraordinary Story Of One Of The Most Powerful Men Who Ever Lived ...