Red Star Over China

Edgar Snow

ISBN 10: 0553262394 / ISBN 13: 9780553262391

Published by Bantam, 1984

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0553262394I5N00

Synopsis:

An historical survey of the ideals and power structure that make up the Chinese Communist movement

Review: “A journalistic scoop in 1937, this book has since become a historical classic. When Snow made his way through Nationalist lines to the barren reaches of Shensi Province in June 1936, the communists had only recently emerged, exhausted and decimated, from their 6,000-mile Long March. Snow found them developing the distinctive brand of communism that governed the lives of the Chinese people during the Maoist era and that only in recent years has begun to change under the impact of Deng Xiaoping's reforms. Many of the men Snow interviewed in 1936 were the first- generation leaders of communist China. The best-known section of the book is Mao's autobiography as related to Snow, which is still one of the most important documents on that subject. Another important section is the graphic description of the Long March. Snow's sympathetic portrayal of the Chinese communists is somewhat naive, however, and it exposed him to widespread criticism during the McCarthy years.”―Donald Zagoria, Foreign Affairs

Bibliographic Details

Title: Red Star Over China
Publisher: Bantam
Publication Date: 1984
Binding: Unknown
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket