by Stanley Karnow · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140134179
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«Mao and China: A Legacy of Turmoil» is the historical essay by Stanley Karnow, published by Penguin in paperback (592 pages, in English).
Stanley Karnow examines the figure of Mao Zedong and his impact on twentieth-century China: the communists' seizure of power in 1949, Mao's project to transform China into an ideal Marxist nation, and the persistence of his legacy after his death in 1976.
Revised and updated edition, with an introduction by Nien Cheng and an index. Finalist for the National Book Award in 1973.
Aimed at readers of contemporary history interested in twentieth-century China and the figure of Mao Zedong.
Stanley Abram Karnow was an American journalist and historian. He is best known for his writings on East Asia and the Vietnam War.
