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Thesis: "Nothing anything Mao ever did was any good!" Evidence: Everything bad Mao ever did Coutner-Evidence: None! Conclusion: Mao bad, fire good! A biography by someone who does not like Mao is far more refreshing than one by someone who drank the Kool-Aid. Yet this book presents the thesis that Mao was after one thing - Personal Power. Neither Jung nor Halliday explain why this man gave up all his power in the KMT to lead a peasant revolution, if he only sought power. If you think Mao was a great man who led a great revolution that did nothing but help the Chinese people - read this book. If you wish to find an objective telling of Mao's life - read Philip Short's "Mao: A Life"