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Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962
Mao's Great Famine The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe 19581962
Author: Frank Dikotter
"Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to catch up to and overtake Britain in less than 15 years The experiment ended in the greatest catastrophe the country had ever known, destroying tens of millions of lives." So opens Frank Dikötter's riveting, mag...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780802777683
ISBN-10: 0802777686
Publication Date: 9/28/2010
Pages: 448
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Publisher: Walker & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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