From humble beginnings in rural Hunan, Mao Zedong became the "Great Helmsman" of Communist China. By the time he died in 1976, he had profoundly changed the course of history. His increasingly erratic whims and graspings at a wild utopia destabilised his immense achievements and he was ultimately responsible for the deaths of perhaps 60 million people. Jonathan Spence brings great erudition to the story of this flawed collossus. He is particularly enlightening on Mao's early years--it is nearly two-thirds through the book before Mao stands on the walls of the Forbidden City in October 1949 and declares the establishment of the People's Republic of China. The young revolutionary's infamous wilfulness is soon apparent, yet Spence rounds out his character by, for example, quoting a poem to his beloved first wife and mentioning the profit he made from an early capitalist venture, a bookshop. Mao Zedong is an excellent biography--and more. China was convulsed for nearly a century by almost constant war and revolution, and Spence uses the life of the man at the heart of so many historic events to elucidate the whole momentous epoch. In his many writings, Spence has proved a master at making complex themes easy to understand and this compact book provides yet another example of his skills. -- John Stevenson
One of the most formidable and elusive rulers of modern times, by a world renowned historian.
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篇幅短小,想要窮盡毛之一生,當然不可能,娓娓道來之處,感覺毛已非毛,似為另一人物,老外所寫,究竟隔著一層,沒在49年之後中國生活過的人對那段曆史認識究竟有種無關痛癢之感,但是作為曆史著作,平實之態度,不摻雜個人非理性好惡當是應取之道,史景遷敘述故事的能力使這...
評分篇幅短小,想要窮盡毛之一生,當然不可能,娓娓道來之處,感覺毛已非毛,似為另一人物,老外所寫,究竟隔著一層,沒在49年之後中國生活過的人對那段曆史認識究竟有種無關痛癢之感,但是作為曆史著作,平實之態度,不摻雜個人非理性好惡當是應取之道,史景遷敘述故事的能力使這...
評分篇幅短小,想要窮盡毛之一生,當然不可能,娓娓道來之處,感覺毛已非毛,似為另一人物,老外所寫,究竟隔著一層,沒在49年之後中國生活過的人對那段曆史認識究竟有種無關痛癢之感,但是作為曆史著作,平實之態度,不摻雜個人非理性好惡當是應取之道,史景遷敘述故事的能力使這...
評分篇幅短小,想要窮盡毛之一生,當然不可能,娓娓道來之處,感覺毛已非毛,似為另一人物,老外所寫,究竟隔著一層,沒在49年之後中國生活過的人對那段曆史認識究竟有種無關痛癢之感,但是作為曆史著作,平實之態度,不摻雜個人非理性好惡當是應取之道,史景遷敘述故事的能力使這...
評分篇幅短小,想要窮盡毛之一生,當然不可能,娓娓道來之處,感覺毛已非毛,似為另一人物,老外所寫,究竟隔著一層,沒在49年之後中國生活過的人對那段曆史認識究竟有種無關痛癢之感,但是作為曆史著作,平實之態度,不摻雜個人非理性好惡當是應取之道,史景遷敘述故事的能力使這...
圖書標籤: 中國曆史 JonathanSpence 史景遷 曆史 政治學 英文原版 史景遷 Weidenfeld&Nicolson
@2010-03-17 01:58:05
評分完全是編年體寫法,有些需要更多context的地方可以直接佐維基百科參考。評分不太高,我個人還挺喜歡的,可能我的中國曆史實在太差瞭,這本書讓我對很多細節有瞭追究下去的興趣。內容無法評論,就是覺得挺嘆息的
評分@2010-03-17 01:58:05
評分Mao, there are a foul wind and a rain of blood.
評分Mao, there are a foul wind and a rain of blood.
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