Mao Tse-Tung Ruler of Red China

Informationen zum Autor Robert Payne's highly praised histories and biographies include The Rise and Fall of Stalin, the Life and Death of Lenin and Ivan the Terrible. Klappentext This antiquarian volume contains 'Mao Tse-tung: Ruler of Red China'! a book written by Robert Payne and published by in 1950 shortly after Mao came to power. Although devoid of many documents and pieces of information that were to become available after the original publication of this text! the book explores the party's history and foundation in considerable detail. Written in clear! accessible language and full of interesting information! this text will be of considerable utility to those with an in interest in the man and the Party! and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of related literature. The chapters of this volume include: The Forerunners! The Young Rebel! The New Youth! The May Fourth Incident! The Years of Warning! The Human Uprisings! Five Battles! The Long March! The Years in the Desert! Five Books! The Storm Breaks! and more. This vintage book is being republished now in an affordable! modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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Robert Payne (1911-l983) was born in Cornwall, U.K. His father was English, his mother French. He was educated at St. Paul's School in London and at the universities of Liverpool, Capetown in South Africa, Munich and The Sorbonne. During his lifetime he had over a hundred books published on a wide range of subjects, the widest range of any known author. He was known chiefly for his biographies and history books, among them Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Gandhi, Leonardo, Chaplin, the Christian Centuries, The World of Art. He also wrote novels and poetry. Librarians loved him; critics raved about him. Orville Prescott of The New York Times referred to him as "a literary phenomenon of astounding versatility and industry."

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H N E E N W Mao Tse-tung Ruler of Red China H U M A N I N Robert Payne Copyright 1950 quot by Robert Payne Manufactured in the United States of America loy H. Wolff, New York Designed lay Marshall Lee The photographs of Mao Tse-tung are reprinted by permission of Sovfoto and Triangle Photo Service To the memory of Stephen SlITIITlOnS the first English correspondent to die in the Korean War. J2HC LIBRARY Contents Introduction xv ONE The Forerunners 3 TWO The Young Rebel 2,4 THREE The New Youth 51 FOUR The Years of Warning 75 FIVE Five Battles 109 six The Long March 138 SEVEN The Years in the Desert 157 EIGHT Five Books i 1 NINE The Storm Breaks 2,00 TEN The Wind and the Sand 2,2,2, ELEVEN The Conquest of China 2,41 TWELVE The Shape of the Future 263 Chronological Table 2,81 Bibliography 2,91 Index 2,95