Mao Tse-Tung

[Drew]

I watched part of a show on the History Channel about Mao Tse-tung and was just fascinated by it! I want to read more about Mao Tse-tung. Anyone know of a good book? Amazon has many… What is a good intro and not biased?

[ae86_16v]

Wow, this is gonna get into a political debate soon .

Maybe check out Mao's Red Book too, to get more of an understanding into his way of thinking.

[Drew]

Originally Posted by ae86_16v Wow, this is gonna get into a political debate soon . Maybe check out Mao's Red Book too, to get more of an understanding into his way of thinking.

Yeah there was a big part of what I watched on the "Red Book". I want a book that will cover the whole Mao era, like I said there are many out there. I just wondered if anyone had read and could recommend one.

[ZfrkS62]

>makes note NOT to ask girlfriend about this<

I think the only way to get a balanced view on this is to learn chinese and to read the literature over there too

[ae86_16v]

^ Depends on who you ask. My parents hates him, and I could understand why. But there are a lot of people that still believe in the cause.

So hard to say. Sorry I can not recommend any books.

[ZfrkS62]

my g/f's parents hate him too. i think her whole family does

[Driftzwerg]

How can you read about Mao and not be biased. There is just a new biography, which is very hm... insulting to him. Many Chinese today still like him, he did a lot for his country. But all came at a price. Millions died because of him.