Red Star over China
Subtitle: The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism
Contributors: Dr. John K. Fairbank (Introduction)
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: February 16, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780802150936
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Republic, 1912-1949; History; History - General History; Mao, Tse-tung; China; Asia - China; History / Asia; Communism
First sentence: During my seven years in China, hundreds of questions been asked about the Chinese Red Army, the Soviets, and the Communist movement.
Description: The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorized account of Mao?s life, as well as a history of the famous Long March and the men and women who were responsible for the Chinese revolution.