Mao's Great Famine

In the annals of human history, few events match the scale and devastation of Mao's Great Famine. Frank Dikötter's groundbreaking work, "Mao's Great Famine," unveils the shocking truth behind China's Great Leap Forward. Between 1958 and 1962, an estimated 45 million Chinese citizens perished in what Dikötter describes as "the worst catastrophe in China's history, and one of the worst anywhere." Drawing from newly opened archives and extensive research, Dikötter exposes the brutal reality of Mao's utopian vision gone horribly wrong. This book challenges our understanding of modern China, revealing how political ideology and misguided policies led to unimaginable suffering and death on an unprecedented scale.

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