num_pages: 704
description: For 22 years, Dr Li was Chairman Mao's personal physician, confidant and companion. He saw Mao and his country through the years of "The Great Leap Forward" and the Cultural Revolution. The author reveals details of Mao's relations with Kruschev and other Soviet leaders, and the growing paranoia that led Mao to turn against the Chinese Communist Party's ruling clique.
language: English
title: The Private Life of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician
titlecomplete: The Private Life of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician
genres: 20th Century, Biography, China, History, Politics, Historical, Asia, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Memoir
ratings_count: 2443
publisher: Random House