China's Road to Disaster, Mao, Central Politicians, and Provincial Leaders in the Unfolding of the Great Leap Forward 1955-1959.(Review)

From: The Australian Journal of Politics and History | Date: September 1, 2001| Author: MACKERRAS, COLIN | Copyright information

China's Road to Disaster, Mao, Central Politicians, and Provincial Leaders in the Unfolding of the Great Leap Forward 1955-1959. By Frederick C. Teiwes with Warren Sun (Armonk, New York and London: M.E. Sharpe, 1999), pp. xxviii + 320, bibliographies, 2 appendices, 20 illustrations.

The two authors of this book have already collaborated in several studies on the Chinese leadership under Mao Zedong (1893-1976). Their studies take a view somewhat different from conventiona...

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