Was Mao Really a Monster?: The Academic Response to Chang and Hallidays ’’Mao: The Unknown Story’’ (Routledge Contemporary China Series)

Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 6
Part I Reviews in non-specialist academic publications......Page 12
1 Dark tales of Mao the Merciless......Page 13
2 Jade and plastic......Page 16
3 Portrait of a monster......Page 21
Part II Reviews in The China Journal......Page 26
4 The portrayal of opportunism, betrayal and manipulation in Mao\'s rise to power......Page 27
5 The new number one counter-revolutionary inside the party: Academic biography as mass criticism......Page 33
6 Pitfalls of charisma......Page 38
7 \'I\'m So Ronree\'......Page 42
Part III Reviews in other specialist academic journals......Page 48
8 Mao and The Da Vinci Code: Conspiracy, narrative and history......Page 49
9 Mao: A super monster?......Page 55
Part IV Chinese reviews......Page 60
10 Jung Chang and Jon Halliday,Mao: The Unknown Story--A review......Page 61
11 Mao: The Unknown Story--An intellectual scandal......Page 65
12 A critique of Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, Mao: The Unknown Story......Page 73
Part V Other reviews......Page 87
13 Mao lives......Page 88
14 From Wild Swans to Mao: The Unknown Story......Page 94
Introduction......Page 99
4 The portrayal of opportunism, betrayal and manipulation in Mao\'s rise to power......Page 100
5 The new number one counter-revolutionary inside the party......Page 101
7 \'I\'m So Ronree\'......Page 102
12 A critique of Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, Mao: The Unknown Story......Page 103
Index......Page 104