Red Star Over China
The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism
by Edgar Snow
Should I read this?
Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Chinese History, Most Recommended Books, and History.
The first Westerner to meet Mao Tsetung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorized account of Maos life, as well as a history of the famous Long March and the men and women who were responsible for the Chinese revolution. Out of that experience came Red Star Over China, a classic work that remains one...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Chinese History, Most Recommended Books, and History.
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Nelson Mandela
“In Edgar Snow’s brilliant Red Star Over China I saw that it was Mao’s determination and nontraditional thinking that led him to victory.”
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