Mao: The Unknown Story

Mao: The Unknown Story, the most definitive biography of the Chinese leader ever produced, is based on ten years of study, interviews with almost every person outside of China who had substantial interactions with Mao, and conversations with many of his close associates in China who had never previously spoken. It explodes the myth of the Long March and presents a completely different Mao. It reveals that he was not motivated by ideology or idealism, that he had a close and complex relationship with Stalin that helped bring him to power in the end, that he welcomed the Japanese occupation of most of China, and that he plotted, poisoned, and blackmailed his way to achieve his goals. A covert objective of Mao's when he subjugated China in 1949 was to rule the whole globe. 38 million people perished in the worst famine in recorded history as a result of his pursuit of this desire. Under Mao's leadership, well over 70 million Chinese people died—during times of calm.