Reddit reviews Was Mao Really a Monster?: The Academic Response to Chang and Halliday's "Mao: The Unknown Story"

Do you have sources that don't have clear conflicts of interest in propagandizing deaths in Mao's China to fit imperialist narratives?

I'm assuming you mean books by bourgeois historians and academics:

Here's the main book that counters many bourgeois narratives to Mao

Here is a collection of 3 books on the Cultural Revolution

Here's another

By the way the Monthy Review article I linked actually does have sources, its not baseless ramblings (like Holocaust denial is)

And I'm not even saying you have to be a supporter of Mao or Maoism, you have every right to be critical of it or not support it, but regurgitating the same bourgeois ideas spread through Cold War propaganda helps nobody but the ruling class

I know historians get upset when inaccua books are lauded by journalists/politicians/the public. 'Mao: The Unknown Story' by Chang/Halliday caused quite a stir. It was a best seller and was praised by a lot of people. A collection of essays was gathered together which looked critically at the methodology used and conclusions drawn in 'Mao'.

A lot of the sources cited in 'Mao' couldn't be checked, the seemed to ignore all evidence that didn't fit their thesis, and overall the book shouldn't have been represented as a serious historical work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao:_The_Unknown_Story

http://www.amazon.com/Was-Mao-Really-Monster-Hallidays/dp/0415493307/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345751652&sr=8-1&keywords=was+mao+really+a+monster

http://www.amazon.ca/Was-Mao-Really-Monster-Hallidays/dp/0415493307