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Jump to navigationJump to searchThe Death of Mao: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Birth of the New China by James Palmer (view source)
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So I certainly can't critique this as a Sinophile, or in any way as a reader of Asian history. I can also only refer to a proof copy, without bibliography, so I can't discern accurately how much is standard text and common knowledge, and how much down to Palmer's own (extensive-seeming) interviews. What I can vouch for is the humanity of the details regarding the earthquake, however much they might at times jar with the minutiae of the politics. And beyond the gaps in my knowledge I can quantify the readability of this study as of a very high quality.
You can go right back to the core of the politics involved here with [[The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown]]. We also have a review of Palmer's [[The Bloody White Baron by James Palmer|The Bloody White Baron]].
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