Mao

Based on new archival information and startling revelations from his inner circle Clements offer a clear and accessible portrait of a leader whose persistent influence reminds us why Mao’s story remains essential to understanding the global power dynamics of today.

A half-century after his death, Mao Zedong remains one of history’s most polarising figures: a peasant boy who become a revolutionary leader; a general in World War II; and finally the ‘Great Helmsman’, the founding father of the People’s Republic of China. His legacy is a story of national liberation and human tragedy; today, Mao is no static icon on a banknote, but the architect of a superpower whose ideas, methods, and personal life are continually re-examined through a modern lens.

This concise yet comprehensive biography re-evaluates Mao’s ‘mass line’ ideology and bridges the gap between the man and the revolutionary, without overlooking the events that led the ending of China’s ‘Century of Humiliation’, the brutal cost of the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.

Based on new archival information and startling revelations from his inner circle – including his personal physician, Dr Li Zhisui, and former nurses – Clements offers a clear and accessible portrait of a leader whose persistent influence continues to affect global power dynamics today.

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