Mao Tse-Tung Ruler of Red China

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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