Yesterday, I finished reading “Mao: The Unknown Story” by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday. I have read some biased bio’s in my time but this by far has to be the worst. From the get go she just bashes Mao through 616 pages injecting her own personal feelings into the book. The best bio’s are ones that present the facts and allow the user to draw their own conclusions. I was impressed by the amount of research put into the book, but warning bells should have gone off when I saw that G.HW Bush was an interview source. A better title for this book would have been “Mao and why I hate him”. Well I have another bio on Mao which according to reviews is more objective. I also have 3 books of Mao’s writings and philosophies.
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