Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary by Gao Wenqian (English) Paperback Bo

Description: Zhou Enlai by Gao Wenqian Works about Zhou Enlai are heavily censored in China. This work offers a portrait of the real Zhou, a man who lived his life at the heart of Chinese politics for fifty years, who survived both the Long March and the Cultural Revolution - no thanks to ideological or personal purity - but because he was artful, crafty and politically supple. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When Gao Wenqian first published this ground-breaking, provocative biography in Hong Kong, it was immediately banned in the Peoples Republic. Using classified documents spirited out of the China, he offers an objective human portrait of the real Zhou Enlai, the premier of the Peoples Republic of China from 1949 until his death in 1976. Often touted as the last perfect revolutionary," Zhou is a modern saint" who offered protection to his people during the Cultural Revolution, and an icon who allows modern Chinese to find an admirable figure in what was a traumatic and bloody era. But his greatest gift was to survive, at almost any price, thanks to his acute understanding of where political power resided at any one time. Author Biography Gao Wenqian is the former official biographer of Zhou Enlai at the Chinese Communist Party Central Research Office for Documentation and director of the Zhou Enlai Research Group. He lives in Queens, New York. Review "a valuable and revealing book on the brutish and incredibly cruel nature of the Maoist regime... For a sense of what life as a top Communist leader under Mao was like look no further." BBC History Magazine "(Gao Wenqian) offers valuable insights into the "brutal mafia-like battle that is Chinese politics". Daily Telegraph" Long Description When Gao Wenqian first published this ground-breaking, provocative biography in Hong Kong, it was immediately banned in the Peoples Republic. Using classified documents spirited out of the China, he offers an objective human portrait of the real Zhou Enlai, the premier of the Peoples Republic of China from 1949 until his death in 1976. Often touted as the last perfect revolutionary," Zhou is a modern saint" who offered protection to his people during the Cultural Revolution, and an icon who allows modern Chinese to find an admirable figure in what was a traumatic and bloody era. But his greatest gift was to survive, at almost any price, thanks to his acute understanding of where political power resided at any one time. Details ISBN1586486454 Author Gao Wenqian Short Title ZHOU ENLAI Language English Translator Peter Rand ISBN-10 1586486454 ISBN-13 9781586486457 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2008 Imprint PublicAffairs,U.S. Subtitle The Last Perfect Revolutionary Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9781586486457 UK Release Date 2008-07-22 US Release Date 2008-07-22 Pages 368 Publisher PublicAffairs,U.S. Publication Date 2008-07-22 DEWEY 951.05092 Illustrations 8 pp. b/w photo insert Audience General NZ Release Date 2008-07-21 AU Release Date 2008-07-21 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:15444980;

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