Gregor Benton and Lin Chun (eds) Was Mao Really a Monster?, Routledge, London, 2010
An important collection of articles which, by mounting a strong critique of Jung Chang’s methodology, seeks to present a balanced assessment of Mao’s impact on China.
Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, Mao: The Unknown Story, Jonathan Cape, London, 2005
A strongly committed and very readable account of Mao’s policies, but criticized by other historians for its heavy bias against Mao.
Timothy Cheek (ed.) A Critical Introduction to Mao, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010
Fourteen of the world’s leading authorities on Mao contribute to a set of essays, covering his ideas, policies and legacy and examining the historiography that has developed around him.
Frank Dikotter, Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62, Bloomsbury, London, 2010
A harrowing account of the disastrous results of Mao’s Great Leap Forward.
Michael Lynch, Mao, Routledge, London, 2004 A combination of narrative and analysis, written with students in mind.
Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals, Mao's Last Revolution, Belknap Press, 2006
An important book that traces the origins, course and consequences of Mao's extraordinary attempt to leave his permanent mark on the revolutionary China he had created.
Jonathan Spence, The Search for Modern China, Norton, New York, USA, 1990 The classic account of Mao and his times by the leading Western authority on China's modern history.
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