Red Dawn Over China
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From renowned, prize-winning historian Frank Dikotter - 'the
historian of China' (Spectator) - a commanding new history of
China's path to Communism, brought to the people at the barrel of a
gunThe history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of
Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining
popular support by taking land from the rich and giving it to the
poor. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Red Dawn Over China
reveals how unlikely the Party's victory actually was, had it not
been for financial and military support from the Soviet
Union.Established in 1921 under the direct guidance of Moscow, for
the best part of a decade the Communist Party left a trail of
destruction, besieging towns and plundering the countryside. When
the Communists managed to hold territory, they reduced the
villagers to a state of servitude, undermining belief in their
cause as well as the local economy.By 1936 they had the same
popular appeal as an obscure religious sect. A brutal war of
occupation by Japan allowed them to survive far behind enemy lines.
After Soviet troops invaded Manchuria in 1945 and provided more
money and munitions, the Communists at long last prevailed through
a pitiless war of attrition, driven by an unflinching will to
conquer at all costs.In this riveting tale told with great
narrative verve, Frank Dikotter reveals how thirteen delegates
gathered in a dusty room in 1921 ended up raising the red flag over
the Forbidden City in 1949, forever altering the course of history
for a quarter of humanity and shaping the world as we know it
today.Praise for Frank Dikotter and the People's Trilogy:'Harrowing
and brilliant' Ben Macintyre'Gripping and masterful' Simon Sebag
Montefiore'One of the few books that anyone who wants to understand
the twentieth century simply must read' New Statesman
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) ,
Frank Dikotter
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),
Frank Dikotter
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Slovart
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Slovart
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