Red star over China
The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorized account of Mao's life, as well as a history of the famous Long March and the men and women who were responsible for the Chinese revolution.
| Main Author: | Snow, Edgar, 1905-1972. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Grove Press,
[1968]
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| Physical Description: |
543 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Edition: | 1st rev. and enl. ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorized account of Mao's life, as well as a history of the famous Long March and the men and women who were responsible for the Chinese revolution. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-521) and index. Introduction / by Dr. John K. Fairbank -- Preface to the revised edition -- Chronology: 125 years of Chinese revolution -- A note on Chinese pronunciation -- Part 1: In search of Red China -- Part 2: The road to the Red capital -- Part 3: In "defended peace" -- Part 4: Genesis of a communist -- Part 5: The long march -- Part 6: Red star in the northwest -- Part 7: En route to the front -- Part 8-9: With the Red army -- Part 10: War and peace -- Part 11: Back to Pao An -- Part 12: White world again -- Epilogue, 1944 -- Notes to the revised edition -- Appendices. Abbreviations ; Further interviews with Mao Tse-tung ; Biographical notes ; Leadership in the Chinese Communist Party. The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorized account of Mao's life, as well as a history of the famous Long March and the men and women who were responsible for the Chinese revolution. |
| Physical Description: |
543 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-521) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0802150934 9780802150936 |