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u/RedOrmTostesson · 24 pointsr/HistoryMemes

I just finished reading a book on Mao and Post-Mao China, and no, it's not even close to accurate.

Comparing the willful murder of six million humans to the tragic famines exacerbated by CCP mismanagement is a grotesque misunderstanding of both.

EDIT: If anyone wants to read it: https://www.amazon.com/Maos-China-After-History-Republic/dp/0684856352

u/SunAtEight · 4 pointsr/communism101

For Mao, if you're looking for a book, read Maurice Meisner's Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic (here's a link to the PDF).

For a documentary, check out Passion of the Mao, but be warned that this is far more informal and not as good as sitting down and reading Meisner. In fact, it's a downright weird documentary. See my comments here.

u/Marxistpessimist · 2 pointsr/videos

Hi. Meisner's "Mao's China and After" is a good place to start.

https://www.amazon.com/Maos-China-After-History-Republic/dp/0684856352

if you searched for a free pdf it would probably be easy to find

u/veritate_valeo · 1 pointr/AskHistorians

Mao's China and After proved to be a surprisingly readable story of modern China; the first of it is almost a narrative about Mao and so it's very dramatic and powerful.

The author is fairly leftist so it comes out being somewhat sympathetic and apologetic for the choices Mao made, which gives you a pretty neat look at that part of the story.