Currently Reading: Intellectual

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Just Finished: Mao, The Unkown Story - Chang And Halliday

This made me laugh, Although meant to be taken completely serious, I could not help and laugh and the complete distain the Authors have for Mao Zedong. There are soem rather ridiculous claims in this book and most of are simply propaganda/

I read this because I am a avid studier and follower of Revolutions through the world, and this brings a much controversy to the happenings during the Chinese Revolution.

Thank you so much for saying this. As a dabbler in modern Chinese history myself, I also found this book utterly ridiculous. It's actually depressing, given the sources they had at their disposal that they managed to make such ludicrous conclusions.

As for me, I'm currently reading Master of the House by Oleg Khlevniuk which is an account of Stalin's relationship with the "small group of friends" that the Politburo staffed and who assisted in consolidating his power. I'm only about 40 pages in, but it's been pretty good so far. The author seems to have a level head and is drawing reasonable conclusions from the evidence he puts forward. Plus it's a great read.