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The Battle for China's Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution
Mao and his policies have long been demonized in the West, with the Cultural Revolution considered a fundamental violation of human rights.
As China embraces capitalism, the Mao era is being denigrated by the Chinese political and intellectual elite. This book tackles the extremely negative depiction of China under Mao in recent publications and argues that most people...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
February 20th 2008
by Pluto Press
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I have just finished reading this book and strongly recommend anyone with an interest in Mao Zedong to buy it and read it.
Understanding Mobo Gao's Mao Zedong will help people better understand why the Nepalese and People all over the world hold Mao Zedong in such high regard as one of the 20th Century's great leaders and thinkers.
Mao and Maoism have got a bad press in the West as result of Jung Chang and Li Zhisui. This book is a definitive refutation of the "Unknown...more
Understanding Mobo Gao's Mao Zedong will help people better understand why the Nepalese and People all over the world hold Mao Zedong in such high regard as one of the 20th Century's great leaders and thinkers.
Mao and Maoism have got a bad press in the West as result of Jung Chang and Li Zhisui. This book is a definitive refutation of the "Unknown...more
Interesting criticism of post "reform" elite discourse on the Cultural Revolution is marred by the author's own wishy washy positions, ( on the future of the PRC, the colonial relationship with Tibet etc).
His conclusion (that China should experience some sort of gradual reform away from capitalism),is hard to take seriously.
His conclusion (that China should experience some sort of gradual reform away from capitalism),is hard to take seriously.
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