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Mao Zedong, a Politician of the Revolution

Summary/Abstract: In 1949, Mao Zedong was celebrated by hundreds of millions as a liberator, a victor over the corrupt Guomindang regime. Within a few years, however, it became evident that he was even more ruthless than many of his imperial and republican predecessors. He laid the foundations of modern China, but due to his wrong decisions tens of millions of Chinese people starved to death. In the last decade of his life, he led his country to international recognition, but the society was on the brink of total chaos. So who was Mao Zedong? Was he a brilliant politician driven by sincere enthusiasm, or a calculating technician of power politics who was ready to destroy Chinese cultural heritage and to unscrupulously attack his fellow leaders who threatened his position? This study cannot provide definitive answers to these questions. Here we can only attempt to present some elements of Mao’s relationship to power and the leadership methods of the politician who had perhaps the most significant impact on China’s 20th-century history.

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