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OverviewBetween 1958 and 1962, 45 million Chinese people were worked, starved or beaten to death. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward. It lead to one of the greatest catastrophes the world has ever known. Dikotter's extraordinary research within Chinese archives brings together for the first time what happened in the corridors of power with the everyday experiences of ordinary people. This groundbreaking account definitively recasts the history of the People's Republic of China. This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60% of the author's work and as low as 30% with characters and plotlines removed. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Frank Dikotter , David BauckhamPublisher: W F Howes Ltd Imprint: Whole Story Audio Books Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: Unabridged ISBN: 9781407495750ISBN 10: 1407495755 Pages: 13 Publication Date: 01 January 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews'The most important book of the year' EVENING STANDARD 'It is hard to exaggerate the achievement of this book in proving that Mao caused the famine ... only thanks to brilliant scholarship such as this will the heirs of the vanished millions finally learn what happened to their ancestors' SUNDAY TIMES 'A masterpiece of historical investigation into one of the world's greatest crimes' NEW STATESMAN 'Brave and brilliant' SUNDAY TIMES Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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