Mao Zedong: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Chairman of the Communist Party of China, the Cultural Revolution and the Political Theory of Maoism
Written by Captivating History
Narrated by Duke Holm
3.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Explore the captivating life of Mao Zedong.
Mao Zedong is recognized alongside Chiang Kai-Shek and Sun Yat-Sen as one of the most influential figures of modern Chinese history. His political control of the nation waned during his later years, but he remained the Chairman of the Community Party of China since it was established in 1949 to the day he died on September 9, 1976. As the founding father of the People's Republic of China and the centerpiece of one of the world's most intense personality cults, the extent of his influence is difficult to understate.
Today, Mao's legacy can inspire slavish devotion, outright condemnation, as well as, a hesitance to look too closely at the negative aspects of his legacy. The fact that his influence spanned over nearly three decades also makes it difficult to arrive at a holistic understanding of his impact on China. The official line from the Community Party of China, which was popularized by Deng Xiaoping, is that Mao was "70 percent correct and 30 percent wrong".
This biography details Mao's remarkable journey from being the son of a peasant to one of modern history's greatest - and highly polarizing - leaders. It aims to provide a better understanding of Mao as a person and to try to unpack the personality traits and personal experiences that shaped his worldview and actions.
Some of the topics covered in this audiobook include:
- Early life
- Political awakenings
- Beijing
- May Fourth and the New Culture Movement
- The Communist Party of China's growing pains
- The Northern expedition
- Communists at large
- The Long March
- The People's Republic of China
- The Great Leap Forward
- The Cultural Revolution
- What Did Maoism stand for?
- And much more!
Get the audiobook now and learn more about Mao Zedong!
More audiobooks from Captivating History
History of Britain: A Captivating Guide to Events and Facts You Should Know about the Story of England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5World War 2: A Captivating Guide from Beginning to End (The Second World War and D Day Book 1) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Napoleonic Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Adolf Hitler: A Captivating Guide to the Life of the Führer of Nazi Germany Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cuba: A Captivating Guide to the History of Cuba and Havana, The Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American History for Kids: A Captivating Guide to Major Events in US History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ancient History: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Mao Zedong
Related audiobooks
Mao Zedong: The Cultural Revolution and the Communist Party Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5China's Leaders: From Mao to Now Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mao Zedong: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Leader Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5History of China: Specific Events, Causes, and Consequences Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Soviet Union during the Brezhnev Era: The History of the USSR Under Leonid Brezhnev Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Days that Shook the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5End of an Era: How China's Authoritarian Revival is Undermining Its Rise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stalin as Revolutionary 1879-1929: A Study in History and Personality Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stalin in Power: The Revolution from Above, 1928-1941 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5History Of KGB And FSB Spy Operations: The Red Terror, 2 Books In 1: Soviet Secret Service Operations And Political Murders Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRussia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Empire Must Die: Russia's Revolutionary Collapse, 1900 - 1917 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Russian Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From October to Brest-Litovsk Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Man on Mao's Right: From Harvard Yard to Tiananmen Square, My Life Inside China's Foreign Ministry Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Vladimir Putin: Tsar Of The 21st Century: Ex-Kgb Agent To President - Putin’S Dictatorship And Regime Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ukraine & Russian History 9 Books In 1: Kievan Rus, Tsardom Of Russia, Soviet Union, Russian Federation & Ukraine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Decline of the Soviet Union: The History of the Communist Empire in the Last 30 Years of Its Existence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Asian History For You
Ancient Aliens®: The Official Companion Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shogun: The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan's Greatest Ruler Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Legends of the Samurai Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Japan's Infamous Unit 731: Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cold War: A New History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Animal in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rape of Nanking: The History and Legacy of the Notorious Massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Midnight in Chernobyl: The Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Memoirs of a Wartime Interpreter: From the Battle for Moscow to Hitler's Bunker Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gulag: A History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Spy Who Knew Too Much: An Ex-CIA Officer’s Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Krakatoa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Mao Zedong
17 ratings0 reviews